To save what is his she must sacrifice the one dream she has.

If money bought anything, it was trouble. And pain. She ran from it, hid her identity. Lied for the sake of love. But when the man she loves has everything he owns destroyed by those bent on destroying her, she must choose between helping him and protecting her heart.

He would risk his life to save hers. And the instant he does, his world is ravaged. They warned him. They said there would be trouble. They had no idea how much.

When nightmares twist reality, a new reality forms. But old truths hover, disturb the night and confuse the day. She’ll keep the new truth to herself, suffer in silence rather than admit what the dreams tell her to believe.

But he pushes. Gently at first, with love on his side. And she resists, unable to see or share her darkest memory. Until, at last, he forces her to face what she’s denied all along.

It can heal. Or it can destroy.

One door slams shut and another jerks open. It’s life and death. Hope and despair. With pain so deep, each seems like the other and she can’t tell them apart.

He’ll show her the difference. He’ll take his time and make sure she understands. In one moment, he’ll win her trust. In the next, he’ll make her question all she believes. 

She would prove them all wrong.

It was a simple trail, an easy one that would take a half day to travel. But when day fades to dusk and there’s no end in sight, she’s forced to depend on a man she vowed to avoid.

He noticed her inexperience soon after he noticed her eyes. But the spunk and determination she displayed kept him from helping when he knew he should. He’d seen that determination before and ignored it. Helping had cost him his fiancé, he’d be damned if he’d make the same mistake twice.  

To save herself, she must sacrifice herself. She’d been the other woman. Was sickened to realize that and decided to take on the cheaters – one and all. Until they wind up dying. Everyone of them. And she is the main suspect.

No longer can she send out her ladies as decoys. No. Now, she must be the decoy, the other woman. The woman who just might be the cause of another man’s death.

Bound by her past.

         Freed by his love.  

With just 48 hours to hand over ransom for his sister and nephew, Johnny Blake must do the unthinkable – force the involvement of an innocent woman.

Focused on winning first place with her photos of Colorado, Dannie Moyer carries everything she owns – cameras, dreams and memories – in her car. No way will she give them up, even if keeping them means risking her life.

Dannie and Blake’s battle of wit and will drives them toward a common goal – to rescue mother and child while defending their own lives – and fighting an attraction that could change them forever.