An earth-shattering explosion...a mysterious call to duty...the woman he'd never forgotten. They all beckoned rugged Clay Callaway—one of the last of the family's bachelors—home to Texas. But in his search for a saboteur, he uncovered something long ago buried—his own demons. For Pam McCall, the childhood sweetheart who marred his memories, was suddenly at very close range, taunting his emotions and creating in Clay a temptation more threatening than any danger he'd ever faced in the line of duty....