Liv has everything together - now, but for years her self-confidence was in tatters after the love of her life disappeared on her without a word. They were high school sweethearts; their whole world was built together. So how could she have been
so wrong
about him? Detective Connor Peltier, former Army Ranger, is always in control of himself, right down to the thoughts he allows himself to think. The wounds of his past can't touch him if he doesn't think about them. But when he sees Liv again, his relentless control...relents. Wanting Liv becomes a slide into a past he can no longer ignore, and Connor must fight the darkness stalking him to find a way to win over the only woman he's ever loved. As the push and pull of their shared history twists them both in unexpected ways, a shocking implication ties Liv to a crime Connor's investigating. Soon, the future with Liv he'd always dreamed of isn't the only thing he's trying to save. Now, he's got to save her too.