An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Pretending she's better off with only her friends, a young reporter is taken by surprise when she meets a handsome high school principal while out on assignment. She has no idea this chance encounter could turn into her first true love, culminating in a life-altering, powerfully passionate and steamy love story... one that, until now has only existed in her dreams.***A traumatic childhood burdened with secrets and ridicule left Chloe Larson sheltering herself from risky situations involving men. Trusting only her best friends - Gaby and Jess - she lives life to the fullest, spending weekends having fun and her workdays proving her worth as a newly promoted reporter. She can't admit - even to herself - that she secretly longs for just one special connection to make it all worth it.When Chloe finds herself face to face with the gorgeous high school principal she is interviewing, she is suddenly thanking her boss for the assignment. Chris Sherman is equally intrigued by the young, doe-eyed beauty peppering him with questions. He abruptly forgets his past dating frustrations and is determined to get to know the woman now etched in his memory.Will they both find the courage to be vulnerable and allow the joys and pains of love to fully consume them and find it all?