Best-selling relationship expert Elizabeth Stewart escapes the bustle of city life to write her next book in the quiet of rural Utah. Nestled on her late uncle's secluded property, she plans to test her own "three-year rule" in peace: the theory that everyone hides their true self for the first three years of a relationship.

But peace is the last thing she finds.

Enter Joshua Walker—rugged, maddeningly calm, and hired to build her remote mountain home. He looks like he stepped off a romance cover, smells of sawdust and cedar, and sees right through Elizabeth's carefully constructed defenses. His no-pretense attitude threatens to dismantle the very foundation of her bestselling brand—and her heart isn't far behind.

Consumed by her attraction to Josh and determined to prove he's not what he seems, Elizabeth overlooks the one truth she's trained herself never to miss: the danger hiding in plain sight.

Someone is watching. Someone who knows her routines. Someone who's been waiting for the perfect moment to get closer.
And when the line between curiosity and obsession vanishes, Elizabeth will have to choose between trusting her heart—and surviving it.