Time was supposed to heal her broken heart, but Alice Addison is still haunted by the memories of her encounter with Lucien Ross. Fighting to forget him, she throws herself into making her business successful and when a new romance beckons, Alice is hopeful that she will finally move on. Her world is rocked when Lucien crashes back into her life and Alice discovers that want and desire are two very different things.
*** Lucien Ross longs to forget. Forget his past, forget his mistakes and forget Alice. He is a man haunted by the demons that hold onto him tightly. The harder they grip the more Lucien loses himself in whiskey and women, falling further into a darkness that won’t let him go. When he is handed a key to his past and sees the chance for forgiveness, Lucien must find the strength to face his demons. He needs Alice to be by his side, but she has a new life and he may be too late…