IT WAS ONE FOR THE BOOKS... Sgt. James "Slade" Sladerman had practicallybeen born to the force, but he wanted to be a writer, not a cop. No one wasmore different from him than Jessica Window, who was wealthy and workingonly because she wanted to. He felt the gap between them keenly, and almostrefused to be her undercover bodyguard. But someone had to watch her andhe'd given his word--regardless of her innocence or guilt. Slade couldn'tafford to care, but in the shadow of danger, in the arms of the woman he'dsworn to protect, Slade knew whatever the price, he'd meet it.