Kayla Ryan has her life all planned out with pure precision. She lives an average life, works several jobs, and has a long term plan to make her dreams come true. Wanting to speed things up, she gets a roommate. Unfortunately, the roommates arrives with a suitcase full of trouble. After accidentally filming a crime, Kayla is trouble's new target. Using her skills as a theatre dresser, she assumes a disguise and starts running. The problem is, no matter where she goes, they always find her. A car accident leads to her rescue by gorgeous military men who both want to help and protect her. One in particular catches her eye, but she has a few problems to work out before she can consider relationships and romance. Namely, staying alive. Tristan Walsh wasn't looking for romance, he stays too busy running Phantom Inc., a secret military organization called in for difficult jobs. He was truly beginning to feel settled in his new town, when on his way home from work a short, loud mouth blonde came crashing into his world. Everything about her draws him in but she is stubborn, headstrong, and independent. On top of that she takes issue with alpha men, which is the kind he is from head to toe. Tristan knows she is in some kind of trouble, and he has the means and will to help her. It doesn't matter if she wants help or not. So he digs into her business while she digs in her heels...