

Medical personnel were dropping like flies and Dr. Sasha Pulaski wasn'tgoing to just stand by and do nothing. She believed in her work and woulddo anything for her patients. But how could she help when she was nexton a murderer's hit list? The only bright spot was her new protector—Detective Anthony Santini, a man determined to catch the hospital killerand watch over Sasha. And when the building was in lockdown mode,she turned to the handsome lawman—and found more than just a strongguardian angel. Could he help her see the unspoken possibilities sizzlingbetween them before it was too late?

Someone else might crave excitement, but Dr. Natalya Pulaski wasenjoying her ordinary life. Then she received a chilling call from herbest friendand the line mysteriously went dead. She felt in herbones something bad had happened. And that she had to get answers. Detective Michael DiPalma's Friday night plans did not includeworking a missing person's caseor uncovering a dead body. But something about Natalya's vivid green eyes and killer curves demanded his immediate attention. As they teamed up, it was clear the walls around their guarded hearts were about to crumble. Were they brave enough to take the fall?

One long-ago night changed Dr. Tania Pulaski's life forever. Now the fourth-year resident depended on the frantic pace of the E.R. to keep her focused when those secret nightmares resurfaced. But hiding in the confines of the antiseptic hospital seemed impossible once Jesse Steele--a local hero more handsome than any living man ought to be--was wheeled into her trauma room. Though experience had taught Tania to keep men like Jesse at arm's length, his steamy kisses soon awakened the woman inside the shapeless scrubs. For the first time, Tania longed for someone special--but would the past ever release its grip on her?

He held her life in his hands Hardworking cardiologist Kady Pulaski was dedicated to healing people. Now a patient was dead and her own life was on the line. One man could keep her safe. She knew him only as Byron, the handsome, enigmatic position only bodyguard sworn to protect her from a killer's vengeance. But once desire ignited, Kady faced a different kind of danger. With Kady the only witness to his employer's murder, Byron Kennedy wasn't taking any chances. Keeping the beautiful doctor alive was the ex-cop's first priority. Giving in to passion was a risk, but Byron knew he had to follow his heart no matter where it might lead.

Dr. Marja Pulaski knew she was inviting danger by treating the wounded stranger. The man called Kane wasn't what he pretended to be. But she couldn't begin to guess how much of a threat he really wasor the passion he'd awaken with his very first touch. A Special Forces agent who put his life on the line every day, Kane Donnelly knew better than to fall for a woman who could compromise his mission. Especially with her life and the lives of countless others at stake. He couldn't risk losing Marja. But he had to let her go before their growing love plunged them into the greatest peril of all.

"You can go back to being the city's dark knight." Dr. Aleksandra Pulaski tells officer Zane Calloway exactly what she thinks when he shows up in her E.R. with a bullet wound. But Zane isn't leaving her E.R. too fast. A former domestic violence case went bad, and now Alyx's life is in danger. With Zane her only hope . Zane reluctantly signs up to be Alyx's bodyguard. Trouble is, he could get used to having the infuriating beauty aroundpermanently. But can he keep her safe from a bitter man's revenge long enough for her to penetrate his steely heart?

He first saw Dr. Nika Pulaski hyperventilating in a trapped elevator. Ever the rescuer, Detective Cole Baker felt an instant protectiveness and sizzling want. Her cheerfulness, not to mention her killer looks, had him reconsidering his loner status. But he couldn't trust her, the prime suspect in a rash of hospital deaths. Who was Nika Pulaski? She outlasted her colleagues at the hospital and spent every minute caring for others. But patients were dying. With every tear she shed, Cole couldn't mask his own emotions, this pull toward a potentially dangerous woman. He raced to find the killer stalking Nika's patients, even if it was the woman he loved. Was she an optimistic healer or a sociopath?