She craves connection. He's an emotional island. What will it take to bridge the gap? Hope Fairmont despairs of ever finding 'the one'. Burned one too many times, she buries her girlhood dreams of love to focus on her fashion career. Too bad the photographer she works with is insufferably arrogant. Even so, something in him calls to everything in her. Ares Beckett learned early to be wary of people. And it's a lesson that sank deep. But somehow the guileless, warm-hearted beauty burrows under his skin like a not altogether unwelcome sliver. Worse, she's making him feel things that are dangerous. She won't settle for less than everything. And he's afraid to open his heart. If neither bends, both will break.