"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.

Retired country singer and ex-marine Bradley Thompson never thought he'd give up his 'go where i want' lifestyle for any woman. But then he meets Isabelle Warren and her daughter Sara one dark summer night and realizes he was wrong. But Isabelle is running from something and scared to let herself trust him. Can he convince her he's not like the rest and make her take a chance on him or will her fears keep them apart?