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Sometimes the most dangerous missions are the ones you don't see coming.

Knox Hawthorne returned to Carolina Bay to bury his mother and decide his future. The seasoned Marine expected to sell Island Adventures, the family’s outdoor excursion business, and re-enlist. 

But fate had other plans.

Three female hikers have vanished from the island in the past two years. And a beautiful, young, friend of his mother’s, Sloane Mercer, is being followed. 

For her protection, Knox poses as Sloane’s boyfriend. But the perfect cover to catch a killer, soon becomes dangerously real.

Now, the killer knows they're onto him, and he’s coming for Sloane.

Knox spent the last twelve years in the world's most dangerous combat zones. He's trained and ready. 

And he'll stop at nothing to protect the woman who's unexpectedly won his heart.

One man won't let her go. The other won't let her fall.

Former Marine, Archer Stone, doesn't do emotional attachments. He does perimeter checks and threat assessments with his brothers at Carolina Security, where protecting people is straightforward and feelings don't complicate the mission.

Until he meets Harper Lawson, a beautiful red head with a secret, the voice of an angel, and a stalker who’s been escalating for months.

When the stalker's obsession turns deadly, Archer vows to keep her safe at any cost. But protecting her heart from the grumpy, impossibly attractive Marine soon becomes harder than evading the stalker. 

Can Harper finally find the strength to stop running and trust the Marine who sees through her every defense?

Or will the man who's hunting her get exactly what he came for?

What happens when the most dangerous place to be is home?

Maggie Sullivan has lived in Carolina Bay her whole life. She knows every street, every shop, every local by name. So, when she witnesses a brutal murder behind her family's restaurant, she knows exactly how much trouble she's in.

The killer saw her face. And on a small island, there's nowhere to hide.

Colton O’Connor came to the Outer Banks looking for a fresh start. After leaving the Marines, running Carolina Security with his brothers was supposed to be simple. He's trained for combat and has neutralized unimaginable threats.

But nothing could prepare him for Maggie to be in danger.

Off limits or not, his best friend’s little sister stole his heart the day they met and made him forget every reason he shouldn't get involved. 

Now someone wants her dead, and Colton's the only thing standing between her and a killer who won't stop.