The Steel Caress — Jessica Hall

Raven has no intention of returning to her life as an undercover government agent. The stunning beauty doesn't doubt that years ago she was betrayed by the agency she worked for--and by her devastatingly handsome boss, General Kalen Grady.

Instead, Raven has launched a new career and a new life as a high-profile fashion model. But just when she's certain the past is behind her, Kalen turns up on her doorstep. He needs her help infiltrating one of the nation's fiercest Chinese-American crime families. Raven reluctantly agrees to one last assignment. Their mission: neutralize a deadly assassin. Their greatest danger: the searing passion that threatens to consume them both.