Warning: This book is for mature readers only. It contains adult themes, coarse language, and descriptive sexual situations.

Aaron (A.J.) O'Connor is the youngest of seven brothers. His reputation for being a love 'em and leave 'em kind of guy is only a mask to cover the heartbreak he suffered at the hands of his high school sweetheart at the tender age of eighteen. Thirteen years later, she's still the one he dreams of.

Bethany Donnelly left Hopedale on the last day of high school and hasn't looked back since. Finding out the love of her life played her for a fool and only used her to win a bet broke her heart. Now her boss wants her to return to Newfoundland to investigate an employee he suspected of illegal activity. That means facing the one man who can destroy her. The one she's never been able to forget.

Now Bethany's back, and Aaron's determined to find out why she left. First, he's got to keep her safe from a killer intent on taking her away from him forever.