When ex-hacker turned computer security expert Naomi Connor accepts the assignment to attack Brennan Shipping Industries’ classified computer networks, she puts her future on the line to pay for her past. She doesn’t realize returning to the scene of her adolescent crime means she’ll put her heart on the line, too.

When Joe Casey hires a team of expert “hackers” to test his networks, he doesn’t realize the team leader will be brainy and beautiful. Half blonde bombshell and half loose cannon, Naomi not only wreaks havoc on Joe’s company; she causes collateral damage to his heart every time they meet.

When Naomi finds a vulnerability in his network, she and Joe race against the clock to stop real hackers from stealing secrets—until Joe learns Naomi was the criminal whiz-kid who attacked the company twenty years ago exactly the same way. Now, Joe assumes Naomi is reliving her past rather than redeeming her future; Naomi knows finding the real hacker is the only way to salvage her fate.

Romance writer Miranda Lane is famous for her sensitive heroes, but her new editor wants something different: a tough cop who's sexy as Hell and twice as hot. But cops leave Miranda cold—until she encounters Stamford detective Chas Casey. Arrestingly handsome, this Connecticut Yankee packs the kind of heat Miranda needs.

Intrigued by this sexy, sharp-tongued writer who's full of fire one minute and cool as a breeze the next, Chas tolerates Miranda's off-beat research tactics with one goal in mind: seduction.

Chas is the perfect research subject—until he steals Miranda's heart. A specialist in drive-by romance, Chas doesn't do commitment. But Miranda doesn't do casual, so she ends their affair, underestimating the steep, unexpected cost of that plot twist in her life story.

When his involvement in her research costs Chas a coveted promotion, a shaken Miranda writes her way back into his heart knowing their love story will never end.