Derek — Kate Stone

When a woman is in trouble, I can't walk awayI've lost a lot of jobs this way, but this is the first time someone has bailed me out and offered me a job.First, though, I've got to make sure the love of my life is safe - even if she refuses my help. When her company sends a hit man after her, I'll be there whether she wants me there or not.***Derek, the third book in Kate Stone's Starke Private Security series, is an instalove romance with an alpha male who will do anything to protect his woman...and make her his. Of course these two have a happy ending, with no cheating and no cliffhanger. Books in the Starke Private Security series can be read in any order.