As the Chief Operating Officer of his family's business, Roman Blade is accustomed to being the one in charge and the firstborn son of the Blade clan has developed a reputation as an unfeeling ogre, a notoriety on which he prides himself. But the inflexible self-control that he has spent years cultivating suddenly abandons him when he hires Sydney Foster to be his new Executive Assistant. The spunky redhead drives him to distraction from day one and he soon finds himself falling head over heels in love with her. But their budding romance is threatened when he suspects that his younger brother may also be falling for her, and things turn ugly when a secret from her past is abruptly brought out into the open. Can he find the path that leads to a 'happily-ever-after' with Sydney, or will Roman's jealousy ruin any chance for a future with the woman who breathed new life into his hardened heart?