Police recruit Xander Matthews wants two things:to help peopleand to keep his dark and dangerous pastin his rear-view, where it belongs.He never thought he'd see brash, beautiful A.D.A. Tara Kingstonafter she tried to prosecute him two years ago.Yet here she is, smack in the middle of a crime sceneand now they have to work togetherto catch a killer.Tara prides herself on being tough--after all, she learned the hard wayhow fleeting life can be.But the closer she gets to Xanderthe more she wants to open up and let him in.The more she wants everything.The stakes are highand the passion is hot.But Xander's secrets run deepand now, their hearts and their livesare on the line...The Rookie is the first story in a brand-new, scorching hot romantic suspense series from Kimberly Kincaid. If you're looking for an opposites attract romance between a hero with a dark past and a dirty mouth and a heroine with old wounds that run deep, your job is done. These opposites don't just attract--they combust!The Intelligence Unit series is a spinoff from Station Seventeen and Remington Medical. Xander first appears in DOWN DEEP. All of Kimberly's romances stand alone.