He never forgot the kiss. She never meant to give it.

Sent to Rio de Janeiro for a leadership conference, Mateo “Zorro” Martinez and his elite SEAL team are also slated to train with Brazil’s infamous BOPE special forces. But the mission shifts when the International Conference on Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Trauma puts him face-to-face with Dr. Everly Quinn, the brilliant, infuriating woman whose lips brushed his in a hospital in the Philippines…when he was unconscious.

Everly didn’t expect to see Zorro again, and certainly not in Brazil. The memory of that night has haunted her, a moment of desire and reckless...

He never forgot the kiss. She never meant to give it.

Sent to Rio de Janeiro for a leadership conference, Mateo “Zorro” Martinez and his elite SEAL team are also slated to train with Brazil’s infamous BOPE special forces. But the mission shifts when the International Conference on Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Trauma puts him face-to-face with Dr. Everly Quinn, the brilliant, infuriating woman whose lips brushed his in a hospital in the Philippines…when he was unconscious.

Everly didn’t expect to see Zorro again, and certainly not in Brazil. The memory of that night has haunted her, a moment of desire and reckless tenderness she’s tried to forget. Especially when men like him, special forces operators, are the very reason her husband is dead.

But when terrorists attack the hotel and Zorro’s team becomes the only thing standing between chaos and survival, Everly is forced to confront the truth. Not all warriors are the enemy. And not all hearts stay locked forever.

As danger closes in, the line between duty and desire blurs. For Zorro, every step closer to Everly risks reopening old wounds. For Everly, loving him may mean facing the pain she’s buried for too long. Can they overcome the past or will the war between them destroy any chance of healing?