About the book

When Shay Britton came to North Carolina, she had one goal: stay alive.

For two years, she went about her life, keeping her head down and her contacts with people to a minimum as she hid from a stalker. Then Jake Maxwell walked into the bar where she worked and upended everything.

Jake knows the moment he meets Shay something is wrong. As a cop, he’s learned to spot someone hiding things. Her downcast eyes and twitchy behavior tell him she has some deep, dark secrets hiding in her pretty head. Once he finally learns what she’s been hiding, it boils his blood and sets flame to a fierce desire to protect this woman at all costs. Backs against the wall, he convinces her it’s time to fight for her life, so she can live again.

But what will it cost them?