16 parts Complete Mature[COMPLETED]
"His name was Ryder, and I was in love with him . . . but so was she."
With her parents constantly traveling for weeks at a time, Isabel Rodriguez was comfortable being home alone for long periods of time, exercising her freedom while she could. After a stupid drunken night with her best friend, Isabel's parents sick her older neighbor on her case, making him her temporary guardian while they traveled the world.
At twenty-six years old, Ryder Duchannes was male model gorgeous, and completely untouchable. With women filing out of his house practically every weekend, Isabel refused to let her schoolgirl crush on him grow to be more than just that-a harmless flirtation.
But, after Ryder bulldozes into her life and starts paying more attention to her than he normally does, Isabel realizes that there's more to her sexy neighbor than just a pretty face and very nice bod.
And when dark, threatening presents start showing up on her doorstep, Isabel turns to Ryder to help discover who is hellbent on punishing her for a crime she didn't even know she committed.
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