She was supposed to save his life. Not steal his heart.Senator Tanner Wilder didn't survive a brutal kidnapping just to fall apart over the woman who pulled him out of it. But the moment Sera Brookes kicks down his prison door — petite, fierce, and lethal in tactical gear — every carefully constructed wall in his world cracks wide open.She's not just his rescuer. She's the Babygirl he's been searching for his entire life.The problem? She's a decorated DEA Special Ops Recovery Agent. She doesn't kneel. She doesn't bend. She doesn't break… or so she tells herself.Sera Brookes fought tooth and nail for her place in a world that never wanted to give her one. She's faced cartels, syndicates, and warlords without flinching. But staring up at the senator she once crushed on as a trainee at Quantico — the man whose dark gaze still ignites every nerve she has — that might be the mission that finally breaks her.When she's appointed as his personal bodyguard and forced to pose as his fiancée, every line she swore she'd never cross blurs into nothing. His touch lingers too long. His voice drops too low. And the word "e;Daddy"e; starts whispering through her mind in places it has no business being.The syndicate isn't done with Tanner. Sera isn't done fighting for him. What starts as a mission to keep him alive might just become the love story neither of them survives unscathed.Some rescues come with a price. This one might cost them everything.Brace for the twist. Keep the tissues close.