Abandoning her role as the latest media pop tart, Emie Sinclair Douglas is ready to shed her skin and move on with her life. Knowing that it won’t be easy, she gathers her strength and takes her first step. She needs to face her demons and finally admit some dreams never come true. Security expert and former Texas Ranger, Josiah “Cut” Cutler made that perfectly clear when he had turned her away because she was too young to handle his passion. Now, after seven long years of self-imposed exile, it’s time to get him out of her system…or into her bed. Be careful what you wish for… Coming home for a family wedding, Emie finds Cut waiting for her—willing and more than ready. She didn’t bargain on all the old feelings crashing down on her the minute he touches her. Nor did she expect her hard-won courage to melt away quicker than ice cream on hot asphalt at the sound of his sexy voice. She had counted on time—time to plan and gather her defenses against the blast of his attraction. Without them, she was doomed to succumb to his pull—again. Cut never claimed to be a saint, but his control over the feelings he has harbored for Emie should earn him a vote for canonization. Until now. Now, Emie is fair game. She’s all grown up and looking more than ready for him. Biding his time, he had watched her go from one lover to another, playing the girl gone wild, sex-crazed socialite while he waited, wanting what she gave other men so freely. Now it was his turn, but with one tiny little snag. He needs answers to questions surrounding his brother’s death and he’ll stop at nothing to get them.