There were good reasons why she

couldn t escape him

For one, he held her tight, so tight that to onlook-

ers, his actions must hove appeared intimate and

caring. But Fden wasn t fooled.

"Listen to me,"he said, softly, lovingly, in her ear.

"Try to remember. Innocent peple die when

you re around. If you keep this up, someone else

might get hurt."

Eden nodded, clearly seeing Christian Tierney for

what he was. Bulletproof. Clever and daring

enough to steal her away under the noses of two

lawmen and an assassin. Brutal enough to dic-

tate her cooperation. Powerful enough to

command a hijacking without ever drawing a

weapon.

No matter how much he terrified her, she could

never escape him now.

Because he d saved her life twice in less than

three hours.