In these reader-favourite stories by Joanne Rock, danger, secrets and passion collide as two women get a second chance in the arms of their sexy protectors

Don't Look Back

NYPD detective Donata Casale has put her past behind her and is climbing the ranks at her precinct. Until she's assigned to a case with the man who once arrested her: the dangerously sexy P.I. Sean Beringer. Keeping things strictly business proves impossible, and they're soon burning up the sheets together. As her partner brings her to the breaking point of passion, Donata lays it all on the line — to solve the case and win her man.

Just One Look

For body double Tabitha Everheart, spending her days practically naked with gorgeous men should be easy. Sure it's a poor imitation of the real thing but her short-lived disastrous marriage has left her gun-shy. When a literal bullet shatters her apartment window and she needs protection, sexy cop Warren Vitalis steps in. But Tabitha can only keep her distance from the irresistible bodyguard for so long, and soon passionate nights with Warren stir urges Tabitha thought had been forever tamped down. What they have together is hot — and very temporary. At least that's what she tells herself...