Top Gun Guardian - Carol Ericson (HI #1320 - Dec 2011)

Series: Brothers In Arms (Book 3)

Buzz Richardson survived as a navy pilot and a covert operative by following one rule: handle the unexpected. Partnering up with Raven Pierre, his ex-fiancee, who's still his sexiest fantasy come true, might be against all the rules. Buzz had already learned the hard way that a family...a husband...had no place in Raven's well-thought-out future. But even with an unknown assassin threatening to take down Raven and the little girl she'd risked her life to hide, Buzz saw a side of the UN translator he'd never thought possible. Keeping this new Raven safe only resurrected the desire between them...and letting her go this time was the one thing he wasn't willing to handle.

Good book. I really liked the way that Raven related to Malika - even though she way terrified of making a mistake with a child. Her little brother had drowned when she was a child, and she blamed her parents for not paying enough attention, so she was afraid of making the same mistake. When Raven had to spend time with Malika she learned that she had the ability to be a mother after all. Meanwhile, Buzz was coping with his own guilty feelings over the deaths of his parents. He was determined to make sure that nothing happened to Malika or Raven while they were with him. The suspense of trying to find out who was after Raven was good. I'm looking forward to the next book to see what happens with Jack.