It all started with a false accusation and arrest.Then there was the bet.Winter has been desperately seeking a family since her own fell apart when she was a teenager. The closest thing she has to family is the crew she's part of, the crew that takes care of heavy metal band Hatchet's Nest while they're on the road. She loves her friends but she wants more.Paul doesn't want an old lady or a happily ever after. He's perfectly happy hooking up with groupies from time to time and doesn't want, nor need, a woman around all the time. After everything he's lived through the thought of an old lady makes his skin crawl. Just give him his guitar and let him get up on stage with his band. No long term relationships necessary.When he gets her arrested for something she didn't do he finds himself desperate to get her forgiveness.Terms of the bet? One good date, start to finish and she'll forgive him and be his date to a mutual friends wedding. He's sure he can get her forgiveness, she's sure she can stay mad as long as she wants to. Oh, and her secret weapon? She never loses a bet and she isn't planning on losing this one.What starts as an attempt to gain forgiveness becomes so much more to the man that never wanted more.