Ava is in distress, but she’s certainly no damsel. Born and raised in the slums of St. Giles, she knows how to take care of herself and doesn’t take kindly to help, even when it’s offered by Heath Mason, the handsome stranger who appears out of nowhere to save her life. On the run from men who want her dead for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, Ava reluctantly places herself in Heath’s care and, against all odds, begins to develop feelings for her brooding, mysterious rescuer. But Ava is in more danger than she ever realized, for the man she’s falling in love with is the same one who has been hired to hunt her down…