USA Today bestselling romance author Angel Payne loves to focus on high-heat romance starring memorable alpha men and the women who love them. She has numerous book series to her credit, including the popular Honor Bound series, the Secrets of Stone series (with Victoria Blue), the Cimarron series, the Temptation Court series, the Suited for Sin series, and the Lords of Sin historicals, as well as several standalone titles.
Angel is a native Southern Californian, leading to her love of being in the outdoors, where she often reads and writes. She still lives in Southern California with her soul-mate husband and beautiful daughter, to whom she is a proud cosplay/culture con mom. Her passions also include whisky tasting, shoe shopping, and travel.

Trying to catch lightning in a bottle, they've messed with the wrong Bolt...When a night of celebration goes horrifyingly awry, Reece Richards has to call upon a team of elite operatives to help him chase down the bastards who have taken his woman-and ripped out his heart.But this ops mission is anything but one of their ordinary runs. The woman who holds Emmalina in her clutches also holds the key to a big chunk of Reece's mysterious past-a hell he must face again in his bargain for Emma's life. Only by latching his heart to Emma's, and trusting in the connection of their love, will he be able to get her out of the ordeal alive-a demand that takes its toll on him in ways he hasn't experienced.What happens when Reece and Emma's most frightening challenge is no longer those who are hunting them? What can a superhero do when he's the biggest danger to the woman he loves? And what will that woman do to save them both from that hell?