Smart and sexy bookstore owner Anabel Axelrod is happily satisfied with the routine of her life. She enjoys her work, the occasional company of good friends and family, and casual dates with men that are willing to follow her ironclad rules on dating. Not too tall, deliciously dark, and definitely not handsome, the mysterious Luke Drake is a new man in town, but she saw him briefly in her bookstore months ago.
It soon becomes apparent Luke has set his sights on Anabel, but he is no follower of rules and control is his middle name. Falling crazy in lust and sharing her darkest desires with an experienced man like Luke was definitely not in Anabel’s plans. She loves being single and will allow no man to control her, but Luke has convincing ideas of his own. But Anabel’s intense desire for Luke Drake is not her only concern. The wife of a friend has gone missing, an employee at her store is attacked, and the man who broke her heart years ago returns to town. Anabel’s orderly life dissolves into chaos. Will the feisty Anabel follow her own rules to stay single, or will she understand that life is not simple and a certain exciting complication may be worth the risk, even if it kills her?
