what do you do when everything you avoid turns out to be exactly what you needeasy and predictable just the way he likes it blake daniels flies through life the way he burns through women on his terms no regretswith his fighting career in full swing hes on the threshold of title contention but when his training is compromised by injury the stakes grow impossibly higher the rage that fuels his punches also chips away at his focus and he risks losing everything he cares abouthe wont let that happen not againlaylas through with men after a marriage that never shouldve happened she hopes to reclaim the pieces of the woman she lost years agoemotional abuse has left her insecure and terrified a master at faking what shes not feeling she masks her selfdoubt in false confidenceshell never let another man hurt her not againchased by shadows of the past blake and layla know what they dont want but their hearts have a different plan as a web of lies and betrayal threatens to destroy them theyre forced to make a choiceis love enough to heal even the deepest woundsor will they be left fighting to forgive