Charismatic bar owner Rowdy Yates isn’t the type of man women say no to. So when he strategies waitress Avery Mullins, he completely expects to obtain her number. However, the elusive beauty offers her reasons for keeping her distance-including a previous that might come back to haunt them both. Avery spends her evenings working for tips.and endeavoring to forget the key Rowdy is determined to unearth. However when history threatens to do it again itself, Avery increases to depend on Rowdy’s defensive presence. As the sparks between them ignite, she’ll be required to choose between the protection she’s finally found.and the passion she’s always wished.