Passion's Heart

The instant former SEAL Julian Decker spots Kate Harper sitting in the National Gallery of Art, sketching the Botticelli Madonna, he knows she's the one. The one he's been seeking all his life. Gut-punched, he finds himself returning every afternoon for the next week, hoping she'll be there, trying to think of a way to approach her that wouldn't scare her off. Or make her think he's a dork. But he's running out of time. Tomorrow's his last day in D.C.

Kate Harper is equally gob-smacked by Ju...