title: Defender
author: Mann, Catherine
description: IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT
  
  When a USO boat goes down in flames, test pilot Jimmy Gage pulls a scantily clad Chloe Nelson out of the shark-filled Mediterranean . Although she is grateful, and he's as hot as the fire that took the boat down, the last thing Chloe needs is a jet-jock to be her bodyguard-until she inadvertently finds herself closer to Gage than she ever expected, and side by side in a dangerous mission...
  
  Gage is desperate to find a fellow airman, missing and reportedly held captive. A pub in Istanbul, controlled by a notorious and sadistic female adversary, may hold the key. Now, moving in toward untold dangers, Gage can't afford to let his growing attraction to Chloe distract him for a second-or it may cost the lives of his crew, the prisoner they must rescue, and the woman he's unable to resist.