Natalie Butler is a one-woman show. She takes care of herself. Period. End of story. She doesn't have time for other people's egos, arrogance, and she certainly can't stand an alpha male. She's seen enough in her nearly twenty-seven years to know the score and know who she can count on. In her book, that's no one but herself. Chapter and verse. Trust is a fantasy and she lives squarely in reality. She's been burned too many times and refuses to let it happen again. Until she's grudgingly forced to admit that she needs help. Unfortunately, there's only one place, one man, she can go to in order to get it. The biggest most insufferable alpha male she's ever had the misfortune to meet.
Gunner Nash doesn't suffer fools. He doesn't have patience for drama, false pretenses or nonsense. His life is complicated enough as second-in-command of Arc Industries. Leading the retrieval team, his entire life is focused on locating innocent lives and guaranteeing they make it home-in guaranteeing his team makes it home. It consumes the entirety of his every day existence. Until he meets her. After one spontaneous night with Natalie, he can't shake the memory. When she randomly appears again on Arc's doorstep asking for his help, he agrees without hesitation. What else is there to do with his free time after his boss (and best friend) kicks him out on a forced two-week leave to get his head on straight? Now, not only does he have a mystery to help her solve, but he's determined to earn the one thing she refuses to give him . . . trust.
