Fourteen years ago, Michelle fled Texas with her three-year-old daughter Claira. Shady Willow gave her a place to start over. The Serpents Motorcycle Club gave her a job. Trusting another man was never part of the plan.
Wayne spent years accepting whatever Michelle would give him. Stolen nights. Half-truths. The small pieces of herself she could offer before retreating behind the walls she'd spent years building.
He wanted more. She refused to believe she could have it.
When Claira returned to Texas to spend time with the grandparents she'd never known, Michelle's carefully controlled life began to unravel.
The family she escaped hadn't forgotten her.
As old wounds reopened and danger followed her daughter home, Wayne was determined to protect the woman he'd loved all along, even if she kept pushing him away. But some ghosts refused to stay buried... and this time, Michelle could lose far more than the life she'd fought to protect.
Sometimes the greatest danger wasn't learning to trust.
Michelle has gone through some crazy days in her life and she's scared to trust another man. But, Wayne sticks around and proves he can love her the way she needs. Claira loves Wayne as a father, so it only makes sense they wind up together in the end.