The Colonel and the Kid — Elizabeth Ashtree

There's something about a handsome man who speaks with an accent and wears a foreign military uniform. Add an air of mystery and a young child he's raising on his own, and that man becomes irresistible....

But resisting him is exactly what Captain Natalie Wentworth's career demands. As an army protocol officer, her duties -- showing Colonel Viktor Baturnov around, making sure he's properly introduced to his American counterparts and getting him settled into his training program at the Pentagon -- call for professional detachment.

Things go smoothly until Natalie learns the real reason for the colonel's visit to America. Suddenly she's embroiled in the struggle of a father to save his son. And her feelings for both could cost her dearly.