His painful past is their present dangerThe last thing U.S. Marshal Brent Thompson needs is distraction from his work. But distraction?in the form of a sexy Chicago investigator?is exactly what he gets. Jenna Hayward is as alluring as she is determined, driven to help aprehend the murderer who killed Brent''s mother twenty-three years ago. With a shared mission?and a steadily rising attraction that jeopardizes Brent''s resolve to stay unattached?the pair must work together to get answers?before the murderer makes them his next victims.