Sarita Grayson is desperate. ThatтАЩs the only explanation for her late night rendezvous with a bag of stolen diamonds. But then a handsome stranger stands between her and a clean getaway. In the struggle for freedom, she accidentally shoots him.
Mykal Chandler, head of a covert government agency NIA, canтАЩt believe heтАЩs been shot. HeтАЩs shocked, heтАЩs furious, but heтАЩs also attracted to this sassy woman. Unfortunately, Sarita has stumbled unto a smuggling plot and heтАЩll need to protect her, even if he has to kidnap her to do it. But Sarita isnтАЩt one to go quietly into the night...
Beverly Jenkins is the recipient of the 2018 Michigan Author Award by the Michigan Library Association, the 2017 Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times ReviewersтАЩ Choice Award for historical romance. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature and was featured in both the documentary Love Between the Covers and on CBS Sunday Morning. Since the publication of Night Song in 1994, she has been leading the charge for inclusive romance and has been a constant darling of reviewers, fans, and her peers alike, garnering accolades for her work from the likes of The Wall Street Journal, People magazine, and NPR.