Badlands (Hqn)
by Jill Sorenson
Love is the most dangerous territory of all Every day, bodyguard Owen
Jackson puts his life on the line—and keeps his feelings for Penny Sandoval locked away.
Assigned to protect Penny’s father, a presidential candidate, Owen can’t get emotionally
involved. That is, until Penny and her young son, Cruz, are abducted and taken deep into
the California badlands. Owen knows the bleak territory from his childhood. Worse, he
knows the gang leader making ransom demands—his own brother, Shane. When a terrified
Penny escapes into the desert with Cruz, Owen has to save her: from the elements and
from the gang in close pursuit. Owen has hidden the darkness in his past from Penny. Now
his only chance of keeping her alive is to let her see the man he really is—even if it
means losing the only woman he’ll ever want.
Jackson puts his life on the line—and keeps his feelings for Penny Sandoval locked away.
Assigned to protect Penny’s father, a presidential candidate, Owen can’t get emotionally
involved. That is, until Penny and her young son, Cruz, are abducted and taken deep into
the California badlands. Owen knows the bleak territory from his childhood. Worse, he
knows the gang leader making ransom demands—his own brother, Shane. When a terrified
Penny escapes into the desert with Cruz, Owen has to save her: from the elements and
from the gang in close pursuit. Owen has hidden the darkness in his past from Penny. Now
his only chance of keeping her alive is to let her see the man he really is—even if it
means losing the only woman he’ll ever want.