<u><b>Shannon Rivers</b></u> - The striking twenty-four-year-old with a heart of gold who&rsquo;s running from trouble. Her main focus is surviving the life-or-death scenario she&rsquo;s been unwittingly cast into the middle of. But when she meets Pete Jenkins, sparks fly despite the desperate circumstances that introduce them.<br /><br /><u><b>Pete Jenkins</b></u> &ndash; The twenty-eight-year-old U.S. Marshal living and working in Fort Worth, Texas. His routine pre-shift morning ritual is upended when he is assigned to hide and protect two young women - Shannon Rivers, the target of some very ill intentions, and her roommate. Smitten with Shannon at first sight, Pete resolves to keep her safe - at any cost.