A Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Danger increases and like is threatened in New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s fourth book of the Mountain Mercenaries series.

Lowell “Dark” Lockard, former Navy SEAL, has watched his fellow Hill Mercenaries settle down with the women of their dreams, but he’s convinced he doesn’t need love. Then he gets a call from Harlow Reese—a chef at an area ladies’s shelter—and begins to reconsider his decision.

After being continually harassed by an area about Defending Harlow band of punks, Harlow asks Lowell to give the women from the shelter lessons in self-defense. She doesn’t anticipate him to consider such a special curiosity about her security, but he insists on escorting her to and from work, never taking no for an answer. Not really that Harlow thoughts the personal contact…especially when it’s coming from her former teenage crush.

Despite her long history of bad dating luck, seeing Black again makes Harlow rethink her self-imposed celibacy. Easy over the eyes and hard to ignore, the man provides morphed into an alpha stud. And Harlow could be exactly the kind of girl Black is looking for. Making her experience safe isn’t only a duty; it’s a satisfaction. But the dangers are escalating. The motives certainly are a mystery. And as the risk burns almost simply because hot mainly because their enthusiasm, there’s a lot more at risk than their hearts.