One. Chance. Encounter.

That's all it should have been.

Angry, cold, and intimidating is a bad combination for any man, but for Tyler Morgan who has lost everything, it's who he's become.

And all he wants is to be left alone.

Until bad decisions and a tragedy bring a woman into his life who refuses to let him be alone any longer.  A woman who's capable of looking beyond the hard shell and the cold encounters to the man beneath.  A woman determined to teach him how to live again after he's lost the most important things in his life.

Grace Dimarco has a secret.

Growing up with seven older brothers has always made her feel it's her against them, with no one in her corner, and no one who understands her need to become her own person.

Until she meets a man who encourages her to be the woman she needs to be.  A man whose sheer size is intimidating to most, but comforting to her.  A man who will take on anyone in her defense.

Including her brothers.

But someone knows Grace's secret and is using it to his advantage.  Someone who's forcing her to face her own fears.  Someone who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

What he wants is Grace Dimarco.

But Tyler Morgan isn't willing to lose the woman who saved him.

And he will do whatever it takes to protect her.