How can you learn to live when you've lost everything to live for?I had to leave the place I called home to create distance...distance from the memories and the painThat decision brought me into my new reality....protection detail for a wealthy tart, coffee import mogul Vivian Chertok, with a tendency for trouble. And it brought me to Gillian Logan - Vivian's estate manager, a constant ray of light that personifies sunshine.She's a complete juxtaposition to the ceaseless darkness that has found a home inside my chest.I'm drawn to her warmth, compassion, her intelligence....simply her. It would be easy to ignore my growing attraction if she weren't living down the hall. If we didn't have to interact on a daily basis. If I could avoid gazing at the curve of her neck or smelling the scent of roses that follow her everywhere, or feeling the generosity of her spirit. But when I'm forced to protect her, as the things we thought we knew crumble around us, my walls fall and I let her in, opening myself up to potential heartbreak once again. She's addictive, all consuming, and I will keep her safe... no matter the cost.