Frost: a Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists series Novella (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781964261867)

A standalone romantic suspense featuring a tortured protective alpha hero seeking redemption, a fierce heroine who refuses to be a victim, and a love worth fighting for against impossible odds.

When Guardian operative Colt "Frost" Harrison overhears cartel members discussing a woman's abduction, he faces an impossible choice: follow protocol and let her die, or go rogue and save her himself. Five years ago, he chose orders over a life-and someone died. This time, he's choosing differently.

Frost has no backup. No authorization. No time.

The woman zip-tied in that desert warehouse isn't what he expected. Former Army medic Magnolia Brooks cracks jokes about his scowl, keeps pace during the extraction, and drops two cartel vehicles without blinking. She's not a victim waiting to be saved-she's a warrior who fights back.

But as bullets fly and bodies fall, the truth behind her kidnapping surfaces. Some betrayals come from enemies. Others come from the people you'd die to protect.

Three days of captivity couldn't break her. A dozen cartel enforcers can't stop them. And the connection forged in blood and gunfire? That's the most dangerous thing of all.

Because some rules are made to be broken. Some people are worth losing everything for. And some choices-the ones that cost you everything but save what matters most-are the only ones worth making.