A tender silence

the long version

Cold. Hot. Violent. Gentle. To MIA widow Anne Elise Butler, explosive Captain Kell Chaisson was quicksilver personified. To her horror, her final duty to her husband-a foray into Bangkok's treacherous black market-depended on the troubleshooter's deadly skills. Worse, his brazen masculinity hinted at other services he'd willingly supply .... Battle-hardened Kell was an expert at survival. But blistering combat was nothing next to the war that raged inside him at Anne Elise's plea for help. Her tender femininity promised pleasures beyond compare... yet her miss to Asia evoked agonizing memories, and her wifely devotion triggered a minefield of raw emotion. What cruel Fate had linked duty to such maddening desire?