Dr. Bond Bergstrom fights to save the life of a man shot near the lakeside path where he jogs. Later, when the hospital where Bond works as chief of surgery learns the shooter attempted to kill him also, the board insists on assigning security protection to him 24/7 until the killer is caught.<br><br>Bond is furious with the decision. Former Navy SEALs, he argues, can protect themselves better than anyone in the world. Not so, counters former Delta Force operative Rory O’Shea. He’s the hot, sexy Irish-American who owns the agency providing the hospital’s routine security.<br><br>Bond grudgingly gives in, unaware that O’Shea has an ulterior motive in assigning himself to spend nights with the doctor as his personal bodyguard. Will O’Shea prove he has what it takes to satisfy Bond -- both in and out of the bedroom?

Amen to Love

Three months later, he moved to Black Bear Mountain and set up his security service. The business rapidly grew by word of mouth, and he now had clients in the valley as well as all over the mountain. When he recognized Bond in the news—knowing he’d worked to save a shooting victim just as he had on the Chinook—he couldn’t contain his excitement. He’d had other one-night stands snatched between missions in the years since their encounter, but none had been touched by compassion and softness as had those last hours with Bond Bergstrom.


Apparently, it hadn’t meant the same to Bond.


Bond’s reaction didn’t bother him. It only hardened his resolve to break down the barrier and make him remember. Then they would take it from there to see where it would go. 5


Chapter 14