Reed by Mariska Hutchence

Reed Calhoun is a gun smuggler, but it’s definitely not what he had planned. The last thing he wanted was the tough, but beautiful FBI agent he was stuck guarding as a hostage in his basement. He didn’t want that sort of trouble in his life…until he realized he needed her in his life! Unfortunately, Duke and the rest of the syndicate have significantly different plans.

Natalie Desjardins is a newly-minted agent. Her friends call her Des, though those are few and far between. Her first case has been a fiasco so far, held against her will in the basement of the quiet and handsome Reed. She’s always been the strong one, but the tender heart she finds beneath his decidedly masculine exterior breaks her own tough-as-nails persona down.

His sacrifice for her sets her on a whirlwind week, filled with suspense, passion, and heartbreak; causing her to re-evaluate what she wants from the world, and her lover as she and Reed try desperately to live the life they both desire…together.