Kansas City countdown - Julie Miller

Kansas City Countdown

They may have battled in the courtroom, but KCPD detective Keir Watson wasn't going to let their turbulent past stop him from protecting attorney Kenna Parker. She'd been attacked, escaping with her life but with no memory of who wanted to end it. And the only person she dared trust was Keir.

With the clock ticking, every second grows more precious, each action more importanttheir feelings more intense. If Keir is going to discover Kenna's would-be killer, he has to keep his mind on the case. But his attraction to Kenna is making this self-declared bachelor reconsider just what his idea of forever could mean.

PhD Protector

Nuclear physicist Mark Renfro will do anything to keep his daughter safe, including building a "suitcase nuke" for the radical group that killed his wife. Imprisoned alone in a make-shift lab, Mark has all but given up hope of seeing his daughter again. Until his captors provide an assistant-the beautiful stepdaughter of the terrorist leader.

Angry and defiant, Erin Daniels has no intention of assisting anyone - including a gorgeous scientist. That is, until a time bomb is strapped around her neck. They have one week to finishor Erin dies. Mark knows he's Erin's only hope for survival. And she's his only hope for a future.