Hard Core - Onyx Group, #1

He takes lives. She saves them. A supposedly hassle-free job for mercenary Cristian Slade becomes a mission of mercy when he saves a life instead of taking one. Slade's new mission might be his most dangerous yet, because the danger is to his heart. Tragedy has sent esteemed surgeon Alana O'Grady to a remote Nicaraguan island where she immerses herself in the lives of a native tribe, using her talents for goodwill instead of wealth and prestige.
But life turns upside down when her work requires she protect a rugged mercenary who commands her attention when she's awake and dominates her dreams while she sleeps. Doctoring Cristian puts her entire tribe in danger from the man who's hunting him. Is it her professional oath or her unproffessional attraction to him keeping her from sending him away to heal on ihs own? Alana's fire warms Cristian's heart, but he's a hardened assassin and has no business falling for someone like her.
Can they fight hard enough to keep what they might have together?Content Warning: Sexual contentPreviously Published by Lyrical Press, 2012