Arianne Messier managed to get away from her abusive husband, settling with her young daughter in a small town in Tennessee at the base of the Smoky Mountains.There, she meets a man who is even bigger than her husband was, and she keeps ending up having to deal with him when she'd really rather not.Hoyt Chandler is a war hero who bears the scars, literally, to prove it. He's a bit crotchety at first and doesn't think he'll ever find a woman who will be able to look past how ruined he is.But could Arianne be that woman? Could it be that they were meant to heal each other? Publisher's Note: This contemporary romance contains a theme of power exchange.