Fatal Heat

He nearly died in combat

Grievously wounded, Max Wright is no longer a SEAL. All he wants is to lick his wounds at his beach house and snarl at the world. Then his neighbor shows up on his doorstep. It's hard to snarl at beautiful Paige Waring, who comes with a ridiculously likeable dog.

She falls for a wounded warrior

Beautiful and brilliant, Paige is focused on her work as a geneticist, with no time for romance. But when she and her dog run into Max, she sees the lonely, shattered man behind...