After losing her parents, Lauren Westbrook retreats into the safety of her empty house, never imagining the chaos the outside world could bring. That changes the night she wakes up in the arms of Alec Tate—the dangerous, magnetic man who killed her parents. Now, torn between grief, fear, and desire, Lauren must navigate love, betrayal, and obsession, learning whether some wounds are too deep to heal—or too tempting to resist.