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After landing in Haiti for what Bale "Shark" Maddox expects to be a run of the mill protection detail, he comes into contact with a beautiful woman at the airport. At the time, he doesn't realize she's Dr. Madeline Towson, the ambassador's daughter and on top of it, he hijacks her embassy limo. But the fact that she's a good sport about it only gets him in deeper, seduced by her charm and larger than life personality, like a ray of sunshine. Shark's been struggling with team dynamics for some time, ashamed of his past, feeling as if he comes up short. But Maddy doesn't see any of that and she persistently pursues him until he can't resist in a country that is trying to rebuild. The political system has just stabilized, but with Haiti's history of coups, and the still unsettled opposition, the country was a power keg, needing just that spark to set if off. So, to do his duty, he works at resisting the pull of attraction, his first priority to keep the ambassador, his family, and the embassy safe. Maddy is there as a seismologist for research purposes after having to change jobs in the midst of scandal. She'd stupidly gotten involved with her boss, who happened to still be quite married, and not separated as he'd told her. So, when she meets Shark, she's still dealing with her propensity to get into disastrous relationships and Shark is the catalyst that sets her on a personal journey to a discovery that changes her life. Together they delve into their deep, personal issues as Maddy stumbles onto political intrigue and a devastating secret that could undermine everything, including the safety of her, her family, Shark, his team, and the embassy.The earth beneath their feet is shifting in so many ways, she's not sure they're going to get out of it alive as she and Shark sink deeper and deeper into each other.
Maddy is blown away by Shark from the moment she meets him and hijacks the embassy limo by mistake. But she’s always been content to live in her own world and chooses to see everything as a glass half-full. Shark is the exact opposite, but Maddy has never met a man she couldn’t charm, and he’s no different. Before she knows it, he’s the one teaching her not only about relationships, but about herself. Her love life has been a wreck since the last eighteen months and getting involved again just wouldn’t be smart. Except as she gets to know the man, it becomes much more difficult to deny her growing feelings for him. As the danger mounts and her attraction to Shark simmers, it’s not clear what is going to blow first, the situation or the heat between them.