Mage's Nemesis — Nancy Northcott

He Wants a Second Chance at LoveShe Fears Her Secrets Will Drive Him Away When Carter Lockwood and Tasha Murdock served together in the US Navy, regs forced them to ignore the heat sizzling between them. Then his hardnosed, unbendable approach to the rules ended her promising naval career. But when ghouls target Tasha, Carter marches back into her world, all his iron determination now focused on saving her life-and on the chemistry that burns hot as ever. Older and wiser, Tasha forgives him for putting duty first years ago, but he can never learn the truth about her. He's the golden boy of a political family, and her past is mired in the kind of dirt that sticks. He's hell bent on gaining her trust, but will her secret past destroy their last chance at love?