Former rodeo star turned Navy SEAL Wyatt “Dusty” Boone—call sign Roper—knows how to rope in chaos. From bronc arenas in Arizona to black ops overseas, he’s carried scars inside and out. Now working for Salt & Steel Security in Tidehaven, South Carolina, Wyatt’s job is keep people alive. But when a suspicious casino boat fire explodes into chaos, the mission becomes anything but simple.
Dr. Colette “Letty” Duval came to Tidehaven on a hurricane research grant, not to get caught up in arson, sabotage, and a bodyguard she doesn’t want. She’s brilliant, determined, and fiercely independent. Exactly the kind of woman Wyatt has no business falling for. But danger has a way of tightening knots neither of them expected.
Trapped together in a marina warehouse as the threats close in, Wyatt’s protective instincts collide with Letty’s determination to do things her way. Every brush of her hand against his scars sparks more than heat; it sets off alarms in his heart he thought he’d locked down for good.
In Tidehaven, rescue comes with reckless passion…and this SEAL is about to find out just how far he’ll go to save the one woman who can tame him.
A steamy, protector romance in the Tidehaven SEAL Romance Collaboration—where every story delivers high-stakes passion, dangerous suspense, and the promise of a happily-ever-after.