ADRIAN POWELL has a secret, a secret he's guarded for 17 years. But it's come at a cost—few friends, fewer lovers and a lifetime of loneliness. If he's a bit grumpy and a tad pessimistic, who can blame him? So, exactly how he's ended up with a bunch of nosy friends, a beautiful lakeside cottage and a successful business, is beyond him. 

It's a life he never imagined, and one that includes a problematic new neighbour, NIALL CARMICHAEL—an irritating, equally grumpy, sexy as hell silver fox, who kisses like a dream, shakes every one of Adrian's walls, and who might just prove Adrian's undoing. 

But secrets have a way of catching up with you. And when Adrian's past comes knocking, it might just threaten everything he's built.