Against All Odds (Texas Heat Rising, #2) / Texas Heat Rising (ePub)

Shiloh Masters has been hiding under the radar in Dallas for just over six years. She deliberately keeps the world at bay... that is until suddenly her boss and CEO of her company, Drake Kentrell, comes crashing into her life.

Now, after causing an accident and finding out she is all alone in the world, Drake is determined to make things right by taking care of Shiloh and her adorable daughter.

Shiloh thinks she knows all about men like Drake, and she wants nothing to do with him. She has no choice but to rely on him for help or lose her daughter to Children's Services, and that is something she refuses to do. As Drake takes care of her, the media discovers that this millionaire and local celebrity has a new woman in his life, and they are hot on the trail to expose her. Shiloh is in a panic because discovery could result in a life-or-death situation rising from her past.

Drake has his own issues with a failed marriage and a sixteen-year-old daughter who is his whole world. Although determined to remain friends only, Drake starts to fall for Shiloh as he tries to protect mother and daughter from a very, dangerous man and the state of Texas itself, and the only way to do so is to marry her. Shiloh intends for the marriage to be temporary, but the problem is Drake wants the wedding and marriage to be real and to keep both mother and daughter in his life forever.