Ex-cop Maxwell Fear knows all too well what can happen to a witness of a violent crime-which is why he has no choice but to protect her. Sloane Robertson is no longer the woman he met at a dinner party, or the woman he kissed at the front door. She's a client, a job, nothing more than a person who happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong damn time. He will keep it professional. He won't get involved in her personal life. And he sure as hell won't try to convince her to ditch the scumbag who calls himself her boyfriend. There's only one thing Max needs to do, one thing he's determined to do-keep Sloane alive. Nothing and no one will stop him from doing his job...not even her.