Once the NYPD’s go-to detective for impossible cases, Grant Maddox was forced out—not for a mistake, but for being too good. Four years later, he’s rebuilt his life as a sought-after bodyguard in California, keeping his head down and his clients safe. But when a desperate woman emails, begging for protection from a violent, obsessed ex-fiancé, Grant doesn’t hesitate. The job will take him into her home, into her life—and straight into the kind of danger he thought he’d left behind.