Romance Writers of America Vivian Award Recipient; Finalist and Winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense Survival demands forgiveness.Ruby Jones doesn't believe in second chances-especially for the boy who shattered her heart when he vanished from her life. So when CIA agent Rafferty Blackheart storms back into her world, walking away should be easy. Except Rafe isn't just her past. He's carrying the only lead to a bioterror threat already in motion-and Ruby is caught in the crosshairs.Rafe never expected to see the girl who haunts his dreams again. But when his murdered partner's final message leads him straight to the woman he never forgot-and to a plot ruthless enough to rewrite humanity's future-there is no escaping the past that binds them.Or the future that threatens them.As the body count rises and the clock ticks down, Ruby and Rafe are forced into a fragile alliance. Old betrayals spark, buried truths surface, and the heat between them becomes as dangerous as the enemy they're hunting. Forgiveness may be their only way forward.Because if they fail, the future won't just be destroyed.It will be erased. "Have you ever watched a TV show that was so intense and thrilling you looked forward to each week's episode? Well, Blindsided is like that show except you don't have to wait to know what's going to happen next because it's right in front of you, ready to be devoured from start to finish without stopping. And trust me, once you begin you will not want to stop."-Catlou, Reviewer*This book was written the old-fashioned way: by a human being.Dive into the second pulse-pounding installment of this gritty romantic suspense series-where lost love, deadly secrets, and the fate of the world collide._______________________________The Guardians SeriesThe Bequest (Book One)Blindsided (Book Two)Hallowed Ground (Book Three)Pieces of Eight (Book Four)Dust to Dust (A Guardians Series Novella)Foul Play (Book Five)
Romance Writers of America Vivian Award Recipient; Finalist and Winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense Survival demands forgiveness.Ruby Jones doesn't believe in second chances-especially for the boy who shattered her heart when he vanished from her life. So when CIA agent Rafferty Blackheart storms back into her world, walking away should be easy. Except Rafe isn't just her past. He's carrying the only lead to a bioterror threat already in motion-and Ruby is caught in the crosshairs.Rafe never expected to see the girl who haunts his dreams again. But when his murdered partner's final message leads him straight to the woman he never forgot-and to a plot ruthless enough to rewrite humanity's future-there is no escaping the past that binds them.Or the future that threatens them.As the body count rises and the clock ticks down, Ruby and Rafe are forced into a fragile alliance. Old betrayals spark, buried truths surface, and the heat between them becomes as dangerous as the enemy they're hunting. Forgiveness may be their only way forward.Because if they fail, the future won't just be destroyed.It will be erased. "Have you ever watched a TV show that was so intense and thrilling you looked forward to each week's episode? Well, Blindsided is like that show except you don't have to wait to know what's going to happen next because it's right in front of you, ready to be devoured from start to finish without stopping. And trust me, once you begin you will not want to stop."-Catlou, Reviewer*This book was written the old-fashioned way: by a human being.Dive into the second pulse-pounding installment of this gritty romantic suspense series-where lost love, deadly secrets, and the fate of the world collide._______________________________The Guardians SeriesThe Bequest (Book One)Blindsided (Book Two)Hallowed Ground (Book Three)Pieces of Eight (Book Four)Dust to Dust (A Guardians Series Novella)Foul Play (Book Five)
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