"Ellen Kent never forgot her crush on the town's bad boy, Simon Riley. It's been years since Simon blasted out of LaRue, leaving the mess he made behind--as well as her broken heart. She's grown up, moved on. She works hard running a Bed & Breakfast, and she is not prepared for Simon show up and ask for a room. Tall, tough, as smoldering hot as he ever was. But to chase him away would be to admit defeat, right? She wasn't afraid of him ... Simon Riley has spent his adult life as a war-zone photojournalist, but no place seems so unwelcoming as LaRue. But Simon's Uncle Gus recently died under mysterious circumstances, and Simon has to know more. And he can't resist a chance to see Ellen. She's the only good memory he has of this hellhole. So sweet. So wild. Enough to make him do something really stupid ... like fall in love with her all over again. But LaRue is full of secrets, and as their passion rages, someone in the shadows will go to any lengths to keep those secrets hidden. Now Ellen and Simon might pay for the truth with their lives ..."--Page 4 of cover