He's the bad boy she always wanted.She's the good girl that got away.Hed know her anywhere. Johnny Ramos had just come off a tour of duty in Afghanistan to find Esmee Alden trolling the mean streets of Denver in red lace and leather. The smartest girl he ever knew turning tricks? Not even close. Esmees in danger so deep, only Johnny can get her outwhich is why the elite government operative is shadowing her every move. Esmee had everything planned down to the last detail: dressed in disguise, shed recover a stolen painting and pay off her dads ruthless bookie. Until Johnny Ramos, her high school crush, blows into town and nearly blows her cover. Now Esmee, a P.I. and an art- recovery expert, has a mother lode of bad guys on her trailincluding the one bad boy she always wanted: Johnny. But passion will have to wait. Because when bullets start flying, suddenly theyre on the run, playing it fast and looseand heading straight into the line of fire.From the Paperback edition.