Emma Ross knew Archer from the past, when they were younger, and he smiled. Gone for years, back to their hometown a widower, the Archer she knew is gone. A hard man who consumes her is left in his place. A man who claims to hate her, but can’t seem to stay away.

Archer Bentley remembers Emma as an unlikable girl, only the present Emma is nothing like her. He doesn’t want to find her desirable, but everything—from her inner strength, to her warm eyes, to the fierce love she has for her daughter, to his constant hunger for her—makes him want her more.

The thing is…he doesn’t hate her at all.