A woman frantic to find her child...Laura Iglesias's young son was kidnapped by a powerful and unscrupulous San Matean ex-general turned politician in order to flush her father, his top rival, out of hiding. With a reward out for her arrest, she's masquerading as a waitress/caterer's assistant so she can get inside the estate where she believes her son is being kept-until a stranger intervenes.A man with a mission...CIA special ops officer Mark Williams his no idea what he's getting into when he helps a pretty waitress avoid the advances of the ex-general. When Mark realizes that she's the widow of the fallen hero whose death haunts him, he vows to help her and her child get away. But helping her puts him at odds with his mission to take down the villainous ex-general. Torn between duty and the debt to a dead man's family, Mark's forced to make decisions that tear at his soul and could end in disaster.A country on the brink...Pretending to be man and wife on a quest to find her son, Mark and Laura fight an overwhelming attraction and give in to desire. But when they discover where her son is hidden, the villain makes a final power play that could destroy the country. Mark's choices are stark: stop him or save Laura and the boy. And when Laura learns Mark's true identity and purpose, she must decide if she can trust this man who lied to her about everything, maybe even about the passion they shared.