Carmela Cruz has wanted the same man for over a year, and now that he's finally free, he's fair game. But just when it seems like everything is about to click into place for them, he puts on the brakes. For her, the decision is simple. He either wants her or he doesn't. She's sick of his mixed messages and done with waiting for him to make up his mind. An unexpected, all-expenses-paid luxury cruise to get over her broken heart sounds like just what she needs-until her vacation turns deadly.

But some rules were made to be broken...

HRT member Sawyer Vance wants Carmela more than anything. There's only one problem-she's his best friend's sister, and that makes her officially off limits. He's already learned the hard way the disastrous consequences that come from breaking that rule. But when she's caught up in the biggest terrorist attack to hit the West Coast and her life is in imminent danger, the truth hits home hard. He realizes too late that nothing should have kept him away from her. When the terrorists begin killing hostages, Sawyer and his team must take the ship back at all costs. Now they're in a fight for their lives against an enemy willing to die for its cause, and time is running out to save the surviving passengers.Including Carmela...if she's still alive.