Kendall Porter returned to Butler Island after a devastating stroke crippled her father. An only child, the responsibility of running her father's small pharmacy fell upon her shoulders. Her homecoming was only supposed to be temporary, but two years later her occupational commitment had become somewhat of an encumbrance.
With his divorce looming, Ty Everitt is settling back into the bachelor lifestyle, vowing to steer clear of relationship road indefinitely. And it seemed like a good plan, too—until a fiery kiss with the town's alluring pharmacist left him sick with lust.
After surviving a narcotics robbery at gunpoint, the two form an amicable bond, and soon settle on a mutually satisfying, no-strings-attached arrangement. But their casual union has unforeseen consequences, because neither expected to feel a genuine yearning for the other. And when both are faced with game-changing circumstances, Kendall and Ty are left to wonder whether they can kick their physical dependencies cold turkey, or succumb to their amorous addiction.