An accomplished lawyer and driven single mother, Ellen Callahan isnt looking for any help. So Ellens more than a little peeved when her brother, an international pop star, hires a security guard to protect her from a prying press that will stop at nothing to dig up dirt on him.

But when the tanned and toned Caleb Clark shows up at her door, Ellen might just have to change her mind. Back home after a deployment in Iraq , Caleb finds that guarding the wilful beauty is harder than he imagined - and he cant resist the temptation to mix business with pleasure...

Ruthie Knoxgraduated from Grinnell College as an English and history double major, and went on to earn a Ph.D. in modern British history that she's put to remarkably little use. Her previous novelRide with Me won the 2011 Maggies Award for best contemporary series romance, as well as the 2011 Romance Junkies/Carina Press contest.