Scarlett has a talent for picking all the wrong men. To leave behind her baggage, she starts over in a new state and moves in above her uncle's bar with one stipulation for her new life: no more men. Unfortunately, her new place puts her right into the path of the restaurant's frustratingly sexy regular. A tattooed, sinfully handsome biker who also happens to be one of her uncle's best friends.

Ryker doesn't do relationships. Between his dangerous job and even more dangerous history, settling down is not meant for him. Yet he can't get his mind off the stubborn, sharp-tongued vixen that sashayed into his life and took residence above his favorite bar. A vixen who's also the niece of one of his closest friends, and therefore off-limits.

However, like a moth to a flame, their quick-witted animosity explodes into a frenzied clash of passion that burns bright, crashes hard, and keeps them coming back for more. A secretive, no-strings attached arrangement only lasts so long before the crackle between them demands more, but walls of unhealed trauma keep them at a distance dangerous to them both.

Especially when their demons catch up with them.