Ten years of dedication to the Navy taught SEAL Jon Rudnick one thing: He's not afraid to risk life and limb for his country. But when navigating military red tape begins to present more challenges than the enemy, it makes Jon question his future. So does Alison Cressly, the woman who doesn't do one-night stands or SEALs but who broke both rules with Jon the eve of his deployment to Afghanistan. He can't get her out of his head - not while away and not now that he's back.

He traveled to hell, danced with the devil, and made it back to her, but his toughest challenge is still ahead: getting her to marry him.

I'm a billionaire, not a security expert, but even I know my all-American girlfriend taking me down in one smooth move and speaking fluent Russian is suspicious. The worst part? I don't seem to care when I've got her alone, up against the wall with my hand fisted in her hair. Then there's the little matter of the two gun-toting Russians after us. I guess this is what I should expect for owing my Navy SEAL buddy Zane a favor.

Ian was ready to go home to good family and a new job. But a glance at a woman in the Atlanta Airport USO reminded him of someone years before, when he'd spent a month by her side and in her bed. But they'd made no promises other than to enjoy the time they had in the middle of a war.

In the Shadow World, he was the god of death, and he was called many names. The monsters he hunted called him Anubis. Those who saw his face died. To Guardian Security, he was a number - a surgical weapon they wielded against monstrous evil. One woman called him Kaeden Lang. Anubis never meant her to be anything except an interlude - a moment of light in the darkness of his life, a one-time escape from the ever-present haze of death.