When Chloe Thornton goes on a cruise to Alaska to get away from the scandal that has taken over her life, she never expected to find a friend on board. But when a fellow passenger makes her an outrageous offer, she accepts it as the escape route she’s been looking for. When police chief Jackson Rappaport first lays eyes on Chloe, he’s a goner. She’s beautiful, intelligent, funny and… on the verge of plunging herself into the Gulf of Alaska. After saving her from a watery grave, he suggests she come down to Heartford and move in with him. Being away from New York will do her a world of good, though he secretly hopes she’ll learn to see in him more than a friend. Romance quickly ensues, but then the problems Chloe ran away from follow her to Heartford when Ty de Montesquieu suddenly shows up on her doorstep. Ty’s always been obsessed with Chloe, and now that she’s vulnerable, he swoops in. Soon Chloe finds herself torn between the two men, unable to choose. Will she succumb to her carnal attraction to the vile brute or choose safety and comfort in the arms of her gentle police chief?