HE'D FOUND THEM --- THE CHILDREN HE'D NEVER KNOWN HE'D HAD ... AND THE WOMAN THEY CALLED MOTHER.

He swept into Kate Adam's life one step ahead of the killers threatening her fragile peace. She knew nothing about him, but he knew everything about her. She trusted him ... needed him ... knew he'd stop at nothing to keep her and her little loved ones safe. What she didn't know was why.

Joe Riley's instinct to protect his own was as basic as his desire for Kate. He wanted what was rightfully his, the long-overdue opportunity to play daddy to his twins ... and husband to the woman who had risked her life to give them theirs.