"It never had to be this way, Nick. You know that, right?" A girl with a go bag and a getaway plan A guardian obsessed with controlling her A boyfriend determined to upend everything Olivia is determined to escape her legal guardian, Nick. The first step in her getaway plan: transfer to an out-of-state college. The first obstacle to her plan: Jake, a grad student she runs into on the new campus. He makes her laugh. He makes her happy. He makes her feel normal. Things she hasn't felt in a longtime. Now, she's second-guessing her plan to leave everything behind. Jake never met a girl like Olivia. And now he can't imagine his life without her. Yet, he's not certain she feels the same way about him. She doesn't seem concerned whether they last beyond a night, a month. Or forever. This is unfamiliar territory for a former playboy turned willing boyfriend. He wants a future with Olivia. But he feels like there's something holding her back from him. Something she's not telling him... Nick has waited long enough. It's time for Olivia to grow up and be the woman—the wife—that he deserves. He saved her life ten years ago when they both lost everything, and he's not going to lose her now, too. In fact, he's hell-bent on salvaging what remains of their shared tragedy, hell-bent on making her face him and their past. But most of all, he's hell-bent on keeping her where she belongs. With him. AUTHOR NOTE: Book 1 ends with unanswered questions and a cliffhanger. Book 2 contains the answers and a cliffhanger. Book 3 is the resolution and HEA.

Is their past prologue... The old Nick has made a comeback. The drinking has stopped. The rough sex is over. And he's giving Olivia space. He's going to do whatever it takes to keep her. But it's not going as planned. Because Olivia is now more emboldened than ever after a trip to Cancun exposes Nick's selfish agenda, and kicks open the door to something dangerous inside herself. All the while, Jake grows increasingly frustrated with Olivia's secretiveness, pushing her to the breaking point. He says he wants everything, even what she's worked so hard to forget. Before long, Olivia will be forced to make a choice between her past and her future. Unless she turns her back on both... Alternate Cover Edition

How will it all end... With her freedom and a new identity, Olivia is experiencing the world on her terms. What she doesn't know is that two men are hot on her trail. Jake now knows everything Olivia never wanted to tell him, and he's desperate to find her. He's desperate to prove to her that their love can heal her past. Nick is still blind to his role in creating the dangerous young woman Olivia has become. And he's dismissed her threat of what will happen if he chases after her. Will running away free her from her tragic past? Or make her its next victim?