It’s been eight years since Cassie walked away, leaving Zach broken-hearted to rebuild his life alone. Now she’s back, asking for the social worker job at the halfway house he created for street kids and forcing him to confront the one wound he could never heal.

He tells himself he won’t hire her. He shouldn’t hire her. At least, that was the plan, but every glance, every word draws him closer, stirring old feelings, and he can’t resist.

Sparks will fly while secrets need to be kept, like the real reason Cassie dumped Zach all those years ago.

At least for now …