August 20. The day his world crumbled.

Moving to Seaglass Cove with the new Chapter of Havlin Motorcycle Club after serving his sentence in the state prison, Maverick bought a house and executed the fail-proof way to get his eight-year-old daughter back into his life. Damaged and unable to speak more than a few words at a time, Maverick's job with the club never requires him to talk—talking will get him killed.

With his kid back under his roof, all he must do is get rid of his daughter's aunt. It's a simple job.

Get in, clean up, and never say a word. Being twenty-five years old and raising her niece for the last four years on her own took every minute, every dollar, and every bit of strength Brooke Harrison possessed.

So, when the job offer with a hotel on the coast is presented to her, she jumps at the chance to better their lives. She never expected to arrive at the rental and have a biker hold her hostage and threaten her life.

Day after day, throughout the summer, a fear she's never experienced before makes her highly attuned to the mysteries surrounding her kidnapper. Skye blossoms under the attention of the silent biker.

But her niece isn't the only one drawn to the man with few words, a dragon tattoo, and is three times her size. Call it a coping mechanism or Stockholm Syndrome or insanity, she starts seeing Maverick for who he really is, and the truth scares her more than the kidnapping.

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