Former Nighthawk operative Tallan "Irish" O’Rierdan had never intended to accept another assignment-until the woman who had long haunted his dreams returned and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. An offer that put both their lives in grave danger….Fellow agent Mary-Anne Poole was the childhood sweetheart he’d long ago been forced to leave…and now she was his wife. Because the only way these two agents could infiltrate the closely guarded estate of an international killer-and survive-was to convince their target that their scorching passion was real. But would their marriage of convenience heal the wounds of their past-and give them a chance at a future?