[The Shadowguard 01] • Temptation's Heat

Cora Carmack, NY Times and USA Today best selling author of Losing It says, "Before reading TEMPTATION'S HEAT, I wouldn't have thought it possible to create a paranormal romance with great characterization, interesting relationships, and strong world-building in only seventy pages. I'm happy to say Michelle Zink definitely proved me wrong! Scarlet was the ultimate kick-ass heroine. Rowen Black was nothing short of sinful, and I am so relieved that the Shadowguard world is continuing as a series. To put it simply: Worth. Every. Penny."

When Rowen Black is assigned to the elite unit of angelic assassins known as the Shadowguard, he thinks his biggest challenge will be overcoming his less-than-stellar reputation. But that’s before he meets his match in Scarlet Montgomery.

Beautiful, strong, and with a temper to match Rowen’s own, Scarlet is determined to focus on the Shadowguard and her future as its possible leader. She’s become an expert at keeping what little personal life she has separate from the Guard, all too aware that her position as the boss’s daughter makes it tempting for her fellow warriors to see her not as someone to be respected, but as someone to be protected.

But keeping her distance gets a lot harder when Rowen saunters into the room. Tall, built and exuding menace, Rowen puts the "bad" in bad boy. Their connection is hot, visceral, and instantaneous.

And that is so not in Scarlet’s plan.

When the pair are assigned to a joint investigation, they come face-to-face with their undeniable attraction, forcing Scarlet to consider that the connection is not only physical, but a destiny written in the halls of time.

TEMPTATION'S HEAT is the first adult paranormal romance title from Michelle Zink, and is recommended for audiences 18+.