Travis Quinn is not a coward, except when it comes to sweet, soft-hearted Mara Escareno. After spending one beautiful, intense, and completely terrifying night of passion with her during a routine bodyguard assignment, he goes into full retreat mode. He's still reeling from the car accident that destroyed his SEAL career and left him suffering from blockouts that are threatening to end his job with HORNET, and he knows he's not the right kind of guy for a good girl like Mara. Having lived her entire life sheltered by her overbearing stepfather, all Mara wanted from Quinn that night was a forbidden taste of freedom. What she got was a positive pregnancy test and her family's scorn. Kicked out of her home with nowhere else to go, she tracks Quinn down to his hometown of Baltimore-and walks directly into the hands of his enemies. As Mara is swept up into the human trafficking trade of Eastern Europe, Quinn turns to HORNET for help. In his last mission as the team's XO, he will risk everything to find her and their baby-his life, his honour, and his heart.