He chose love over family.
 
Ryder Montague was ready to abandon the weighty expectations of his aristocratic family for American Nathalie Williams. Her abrupt rejection on the eve of their graduation from Oxford shatters him and his dreams for their future.
 
Eight years later, he's a transformed man—a toughened ex-SAS soldier and leader of Dìleas Security Agency's elite executive protection team. When fate intervenes and a client in the States in need of protection turns out to be Nathalie, Ryder takes on the assignment, determined to prove Nathalie's a memory best forgotten so he can move on.
 
She chose family over love.
 
Nathalie sacrificed everything to fulfill her father's dream of creating a safer combat jet after her brother's death. Now, she's about to present her revolutionary software to the US military. Only someone is determined to stop her. When Nathalie's new bodyguard turns out to be Ryder, old emotions resurface even as she vows to keep him from finding out the real reason she walked away.
 
Will they have a second chance?
 
Nathalie's keeping a secret. One Ryder is determined to learn. When Nathalie's stalker turns his sights on Ryder, the secret isn't the only thing standing between them and a second chance at happiness.
 
Will they be able to put aside the past and work together to stay alive?
 
Or will it be a Missed Opportunity?