Returning to Welcome was easy...staying will be a challenge. Especially when someone is determined to drive her out. Brianna Bowler has returned to Welcome to help run Bowler's Dog Rescue. She's also doing everything she can to set aside thoughts of her high school crush who appears to be with a perfectly perfect sprite of a woman. (Not that she minds how opposite she and the sprite are. Really, she doesn't.) Paramedic Jake Morrow has a woman in his house, cooking, cleaning, clinging--and irritating the hell out of him. He'd felt sorry for her, injured, alone and broke, and offered to help. Big mistake . Jake set himself apart from everyone who used to know him. He can't take their pitying looks, their sympathy, or their avid interest in his tragic past. What would really make his day? His ex-girlfriend finally moving out. But Theda won't take his word for it that things are over. What's worse is Brianna Bowler's return. Their shared secret and attraction burns between them as Jake accepts that things aren't quite right with his ex. A break-in at the dog rescue, smashed windows, and a stolen laptop all add up to serious trouble for Jake and Brianna. All Jake's protective instincts rise as the strange events take a deadly turn and Jake knows his loner life will never be good enough again. Some women can't be set aside, not even for their own good...but others want revenge.