The Protector

Some missions are personal.
And some women make control impossible.

When his father is taken, Marine Force Recon captain Cullen Loughman doesn’t hesitate. He’s spent his life running headfirst into danger, trusting his instincts and his fists to get the job done. This time, failure isn’t an option.

Cullen thrives on chaos. He’s lethal, relentless, and known for pushing every boundary—on and off the battlefield. But the moment Mia Carter enters the mission, she becomes the one variable he can’t control… or resist.

Mia has survived the kind of losses that harden a person. A former Air Force pilot with nerves of steel and secrets of her own, she’s learned to trust her skills—not her heart. Especially not with a man like Cullen, whose intensity threatens to unravel every wall she’s built.

Thrown together as the search drags them deeper into the shadows, the heat between them ignites—hot, reckless, and impossible to deny. Every mile brings them closer to the truth… and closer to crossing a line neither of them can afford.

Because when danger closes in and everything is on the line, Cullen will do whatever it takes to protect what matters—even if giving in to desire costs him everything.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant delivers a pulse-pounding romantic suspense filled with danger, devotion, and irresistible heat in the second book of her Sons of Texas series.