Used book – By a Stormy Night; Seduction in Troubled Waters, Kelsey Roberts, Julie Miller, Catherine Valleroy

On a stormy night: Clayton Landry kidnapped her, threatening her with a gun... He had escaped from prison, he explained to her, and, willingly or unwillingly, she would have to help him prove that he hadn't murdered his wife. So, as she delved deeper into the heart of the storm, under the influence of her former boss, it was an inner tempest that shook Victoria DeSimone. Of course, she understood the despair that inhabited Clayton! Nevertheless, how could she help but feel a growing sense of fear by his side? As the hours passed, Victoria clearly felt that the years of imprisonment had profoundly changed Clayton. Today, she found herself facing a man she struggled to recognize – almost a stranger to the man she had loved so much, in secret, for years... Seduction in troubled waters: Cole Taylor was proud of himself: having become a bodyguard for Jericho Meade, he had finally managed to gain the trust of the old man, whom he suspected of laundering money. All this without anyone discovering that he was, in reality, an undercover agent... A fragile cover, however, threatened by the recent arrival of Ashley Westin, a supposed art expert hired to appraise Meade's collection. Why was this young woman asking so many questions about him? Who was she really? Furious and determined to prevent Ashley from ruining his investigation, Cole decided to seduce her – because, if she fell in love with him, she would become controllable...