*Mature Audiences Only Please ?* There are times I wish I hadn't met Mr. Cane. I wish I hadn't developed a crush on him. I wish he hadn't picked me up that one night, when my entire life seemed to spiral. I wish I hadn't touched him. I wish I hadn't kissed him. I wish we hadn't made love... He's handsome and wealthy, and has no business messing around with a girl like me - a girl half his age. But that isn't my biggest problem. My biggest problem is that he's my dad's best friend, and I was never supposed to fall in love with him. ** Please Note: This story is only the first 11 chapters of the full-length book. The official full-length story is on Amazon.**

There was something about the town of Ganford that made people stay. Maybe it was the burnt orange skies of the desert, or the state route that stretched across it. Everybody knew everybody. Everybody had their secrets. Lily Campbell spent 22 years of her life learning them. Ganford made people predictable. Except for one man. Foster Harrigan came and went with the seasons. The Campbells have been family friends with Foster longer than Lily could remember. After years of silence surrounding the mysteries of the town, Lily digs deeper, only to continuously run into the man who secretly ran Ganford.

At thirty-six, he's a scarred, lethal ghost who views her strictly as an assignment. At twenty-one, she's a reckless scientist who refuses to be told when to breathe. He's supposed to keep her safe and keep his distance. Instead, she's ruining his detachment, and he's realizing some lines are meant to be broken.