Ford Grant may be named the world’s sexiest billionaire by Forbes magazine, but all he cares about is escaping the press and opening a recording studio in the quaint little town of Rose Hill. That comes to a screeching halt when he comes face to face with a young girl who claims he’s her biological father. Now, he spends his days balancing work and raising a sullen twelve-year-old, all while desperately trying to keep his hands off his best friend’s sister, Rosie Belmont.

Having lived in the city, Rosie is back in town with a vengeance. Beautiful, messy, and troubled. All it takes is one desperate, open-eyed plea for a job for Ford to hire her. He vows to keep her at arm’s length. He tries to stick to the scowls and sarcastic comments. But with her, the verbal skirmishes are a kind of flirtation—a friction that quickly turns into intense heat.

Ford knows he shouldn’t cross that line. But shouldn’t and can’t cross it are two very different things.