Ethan Stone is a protector. It’s what he was born to do. Protect. Dominate. Control. And everyone always obey him. Everyone except her. Cate Ripley. She’s cool. Emotionless. Removed from the world. And he cannot stop thinking about her. Worrying over her. Wanting her. Cate doesn’t understand Ethan Stone. She’s done everything she can think of to keep him at a distance. Yet, he’s always there. Annoying her. Prodding at her. The last thing she needs in her life is a bossy, overbearing man telling her what to do. Claiming that she needs a Daddy to take care of her. Cate put a wall up between herself and her emotions years ago and she has no intention of allowing anyone, least of all Ethan Stone, to shatter that barrier. Because if he does . . . she knows he won’t stick around to pick up the pieces.