Synopsis "Standing in the Shadows (in English)"
In Behind Closed Doors, you were introduced to Seth's partners, the sexy and dangerous McCloud brothers...and now it's Connor McCloud's turn to face the fire...She haunts his dreams...Ex-FBI agent Connor McCloud barely survived being set up to die by a trusted friend and fellow agent, Ed Riggs. That disaster cost him not only his partner Jesse's life, but his hopes of winning the love of Erin, Ed's beautiful, studious daughter. She would never be with the man who had put her father in prison.Forever out of reach...Erin is hanging on by her fingernails. Her father is disgraced and imprisoned, her mother and sister are falling apart, the scandal has cost her a job she loved as a museum curator, and the man she's secretly craved for years is responsible for all of it. When an opportunity comes up to appraise a trove of priceless Celtic artifacts for a rich, reclusive, she leaps at the chance. Maybe things are starting to look up.Then Connor discovers that his old nemesis, Kurt Novak, is back, hungry for payback...and that Erin is his weapon of choice. He has no choice but to leap into action, whether Erin trusts him or not, whether she hates him or not. Nothing matters but protecting the woman he loves from a vengeful, sadistic killer...This title is a re-release, originally published by Brava.
