Micky Llewellyn has trusted men before?with disastrous results. Now, she's focused on her career, her friends, and making sure she doesn't let another charming man lie to her and break her heart.

Nick Halden's life has unfolded according to plan. He's on track to a partnership at one of Dallas' premier law firms, and he's marrying a woman who has the beauty, smarts, and connections to be the perfect wife. Or he thought he was.

Fate and a dead car battery throw Micky and Nick together, forcing them to question what they want. Nick's charm makes Micky's heart pound with desire and her gut twist with mistrust. Micky's fire awakens a passion in Nick that flips his world upside down. With his personal and professional lives colliding in chaos, Nick has one way to make sure he gets what he wants, but it means betraying the woman he craves.

In their struggle to balance love and ambition, Micky and Nick will have to decide what they want and at what cost before they lose the one thing that matters.