A RUTHLESS FATHER. A WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE SNARES OF SLAVERY. AN OPERATIVE WHO WILL GIVE UP EVERYTHING TO SAVE HER. It literally started with a bang on the casino floor—the moment Antonia collided into the whiskey-doused chest of Steven “T-BAR” Kingston—and the hands of fate were set in motion. One night of passion with no strings attached. No feelings. No attraction. No one would tell, because no one would know. It was supposed to be that simple. But eight weeks before her arranged marriage to the son of the Don, the “no names exchanged'' one-night-Las-Vegas-stand has thrown everything to the wayside, and Antonia Murrow must now live with the repercussions of her actions…daily. And her father won’t let her forget it! Costing her father everything he has worked toward—to sit at the right hand of Giovanni Carbello—Antonia must now repent and atone for her sins at the hand of her father. But refusing to be a slave to his abhorrent dealings, Antonia sets on the run to find the one person who can save her from a life of horrors and the wicked, unimaginable atrocities of working for her father’s secret empire, though the salvation she seeks is not for her own sake. ONE NIGHT OF ANONYMITY. NO NAMES. NO CONTACTS. NO SOUVENIRS. JUST THE USUAL ONE-TIME-GO-AROUND AND WALK AWAY IN THE MORNING WAS ALL HE BET ON…AT LEAST THAT WAS HIS PLAN. It was just one night in the company of a raven-haired beauty with pools of emerald, green eyes. The identical eyes he envisions each night, as he remembers the one woman he can’t forget. But with only first initials exchanged, T-BAR will never see his Vegas Beauty again. After all, it was just another hookup for the books, another notch on his bedpost. His revolving door has spun a hundred times, so what harm could one-hundred-and-one hold? But when a cold Texas night brings the anonymous woman to his doorstep, T-BAR’s uninhibited lifestyle becomes a game of roulette, and this time, the odds aren’t in his favor. Ultimately unexpected times call for unexpected measures, and T-BAR is willing to go to extremes. The Vegas Beauty—who left him before daybreak—upends his life, but unexpectedly, she brings him everything he never knew he wanted. “THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE THAN TO LAY DOWN ONE’S LIFE FOR ANOTHER.” BUT WHO WILL BE THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB? He never intended to see her again. She never intended to hunt him down. T-BAR lives by the vow to protect the innocent, the exploited—the vulnerable. Antonia has vowed to give her own life to protect those she loves. And both are willing to sacrifice all for the other. With the help of Tex, Ghost’s crew, and the Hellforce team, the fates of love and rescue will test the ties that bind T-BAR and Antonia. Will the odds be for the House or for the players? Defenders of the abused. Protectors of the innocent. Guardians of the exploited. T-BAR and five former Delta teammates make up the security team that is Hellforce. They’ll delve into the bowels of hell to bring home those lost to the deep underworld.
