She built walls to protect her heart. He was born to break them.

Angeline has everything under control?her elite career as a powerhouse editor, her carefully guarded emotions, and a vow to never fall in love. Love, after all, is weakness... and weakness destroys. She learned that the hard way watching her mother unravel from heartbreak.

But one broken-down car in the middle of nowhere shatters Angeline's carefully constructed world.

Enter Adam?a blond, brooding, and dangerously irresistible professional hockey player with a past he keeps buried and a body built for sin. When he pulls over to help, sparks fly. And not the safe kind.

What starts as a heated clash of wills quickly turns into a sizzling, slow-burn romance neither of them can deny. Each encounter is steamier than the last. Each look, each touch, strips away her control. Adam wants her?in his bed, in his arms, in his life?and he won't stop until she gives in.

But when a scandalous misunderstanding threatens everything they've built and a life-threatening accident forces a brutal choice, Angeline must decide:

Keep her heart locked away?or surrender to the man who could shatter it completely.