PROTECTING MY HART Secrets can make you stronger. Hartley Jackson knows this first hand. Her secret is her strength and she will do anything she has to in order to protect it. Leaving a life of violence and abuse is no hardship. Leaving the only man she's ever truly loved is harder than she could imagine. But protecting her secret is more important than her happiness. Secrets can kill you. Slyde Cardoane is well aware that his secrets could end him. Being in love with another man's woman can cause serious problems. Especially when that man is as powerful as James Dobson. Slyde knows that falling in love with Hartley wasn't smart. It jeopardizes his wellbeing and his perfectly balanced life of secrets. Secrets that can ruin him and a mission that has been years in the making. But he wouldn't change his love for her, and he would do anything in his power to protect her. When fate has its own plan and their carefully constructed lives are twisted together once again, Slyde is determined not to let history repeat itself. He has to protect Hartley from his other life, protect her from her past. It's the only way to keep her safe. But, will she allow him to protect her heart? When trust and love are built on secrets, one truth can shatter their existence - especially if that truth lands in the wrong hands. She knows he can protect her life, but can she trust him to protect her heart.