Cassie Gambol is away from home. In what appears like another life time, her ex-husband almost ended her life and effectively ended her successful profession like a vascular physician. But despite the fact that the justice system found him guilty of attempted murder, he fled while awaiting sentencing and Carly Sunderland became Cassie Gambol. Fleeing LA, Cassie minds to small and off-the-map Petal, Georgia, to start out her life again. Shane Chase, a man who’s held himself away from commitment since his fiancee dumped him several years before, knows the beautiful newcomer is concealing something. He’s wildly drawn to her power and her underlying vulnerability as well. But the very last thing Cassie desires is certainly another big, overwhelming man who would like to control her existence.

A battle begins between Shane, who knows what he wants and Cassie, who tries to keep a distance between herself and the handsome sheriff. But Cassie’s ex is usually back and he wants her dead.