Wrong Place. Wrong Time. Wrong Man – yet he made her feel so right.

A prim and proper high school teacher

Recently divorced Bethwyn Banfield just wanted one out-of-character night on the town, and the tall, dark, tattooed stranger she meets is not what she was looking for. But their instant, electric attraction is undeniable.

The cop with a bad boy past

WASP Team Undercover cop Damon Nyhuis has spent two years infiltrating the notorious Notechi Motorcycle Club, doing whatever it takes to remain in deep cover. But when he sees his high school calculus teacher in a bar looking as hot as she did thirteen years ago, the last thing he is thinking about is his job. And that turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.

A race through the desert

Kidnapped and dragged to the middle of nowhere, Beth and Damon must escape the murderous Notechi – but to do so is only the beginning of their ordeal. The desert is vast, desolate and unforgiving, and the Notechi are right on their heels.

Their passion as hot as the sun

In the cool of the desert night they run, but in the lethal heat of the day they must rest – and quickly, lust becomes so much more.

First, they must make it home. But then – can there really be a future for the teacher who wants her own family, and the cop who makes certain he’s always alone?



Defiant is the second book in the exhilarating WASP Team Series by RITA Award Winning Author Leah Ashton. Each book in the WASP series is a standalone romance, and they can be read in any order.

WASP has brought together every elite police department: tactical response, dignitary protection, covert surveillance, bomb technicians, negotiators, snipers – and more – to protect Western Australia from crime. This super team recruits only the best of the best – the fittest, the strongest, the most highly-trained - to do what nobody else can.