Can a man who lives in the shadows and a woman who lives in the light find a place to belong together? Brett Malloy has always been considered a loner, a man apart from the Malloy clan. Quiet, reserved and intense, Brett hides from the world on his new ranch with only an ex-gunslinger and a runaway boy for company. When circumstances put him flat on his back, his childhood crush, Doctor Alexandra Brighton arrives to nurse him back to health. Alex has always loved Brett despite the fact that a more difficult man couldn't be found on the face of the earth. A woman who firmly believes everyone should live life to the fullest, Alex takes Brett's quiet surliness as a mission. She's going to teach him what it means to live, and how to find love and passion in the most unexpected places. When rancher King Dawson claims Alex as his own, Brett has to choose between the darkness of his shadows and the light of Alex's love. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, violence.