Dead Trilogy Series by Cate Noble

After eighteen months in a secret prison in Southeast Asia, Dante Johnson wants only to move on with his life - until a bomb attack makes it clear that someone, somewhere won't let the past go. All signs point to Catalina Dion, the brilliant foreign agent he once believed himself in love with...the same woman suspected of selling him out...Cat knows her young son's safety depends on her ability to remain hidden... moreAfter eighteen months in a secret prison in Southeast Asia, Dante Johnson wants only to move on with his life - until a bomb attack makes it clear that someone, somewhere won't let the past go. All signs point to Catalina Dion, the brilliant foreign agent he once believed himself in love with...the same woman suspected of selling him out...Cat knows her young son's safety depends on her ability to remain hidden. But now Dante has tracked her down, reigniting the searing attraction between them and tempting Cat to lower her guard in potentially lethal ways. She can't escape him. She can't resist him. And now, together, they're on the trail of a rogue Russian scientist, risking everything on a fragile trust and a fierce hunger that may be more dangerous than any enemy they've ever faced... less

Abducted CIA operative Max Duncan returns to his home turf--and into a web of intrigue with the only woman who can help him salvage what's left of his life. . . Think only of the mission--or suffer the consequences. This has been Max Duncan's reality for two years. His thoughts are not his own, and any attempt to exert his will results in excruciating pain. Then his friends stage a rescue he never believed possible. Finally "safe" at home, Max still can't escape the prison of his own mind. . moreAbducted CIA operative Max Duncan returns to his home turf--and into a web of intrigue with the only woman who can help him salvage what's left of his life. . . Think only of the mission--or suffer the consequences. This has been Max Duncan's reality for two years. His thoughts are not his own, and any attempt to exert his will results in excruciating pain. Then his friends stage a rescue he never believed possible. Finally "safe" at home, Max still can't escape the prison of his own mind. . . Dr. Erin Houston, called to California to help Max, would rather be investigating her father's death, a "suicide" she's convinced was actually murder. But when she and Max end up on the run, their time together sparks a connection between the mind-control experiments her father was fighting to stop and Max's suffering. . .Now, as Erin and Max race to expose the truth, someone with a different agenda is closing in--and will stop at nothing to prove them dead wrong. . . less