She took a part of him with her . . . a part he’d kill to protect. He’d sunk deep. After three tours in Afghanistan, Brick is searching for stability. He thought he’d found it one random night in Fargo. The sexy blond brewed with trouble, but he fell for her hard and fast. Faster than a bullet. Faster than a missile. Faster than anything he could handle. Until he wakes up to find his bed bare. All searches for the woman come up empty. She might have given him a false name, but she made a damn imprint on his heart. Three years later, and he’s shocked to find her striking green eyes and pouty lips on a Facebook post. The headline jars him: Natalie’s wanted for murder. And in the photo, she holds a toddler boy—Brick’s goddamn twin. Now a bodyguard at Backcountry Protection Services, he puts his team to work. They find Natalie, on the run for her life. And their son is missing. Natalie did what she had to survive. For years, Natalie fought to keep a brave face against her abusive ex. But she couldn’t get out from under his thumb. Not while he kept her secret. The secret that would end her. Destroy her. The secret that would put her behind bars. One terrifying night she escaped and fell into the arms of a stranger. All dangerous, muscle-wrapped steel of him. Brick wasn’t just a one-night stand. He’d been her salvation—and the father of her son. A son Brick knows nothing about. Three years later and she’s face-to-face with the man who stole her heart . . . and he knows her deepest secret—well, one of them.