Since his days in foster care, Officer Charlie Deluna has longed to belong. The Rebel Rapids police, his brothers in blue, have become his family and he’ll do anything to please them. But his current assignment, keeping tabs on a secretive stranger suspected of drug trafficking, may be the wedge that divides him from his beloved blue line brotherhood. Scarlett Rose is no stranger to trouble. She counted herself lucky to escape the abusive Rose men with the clothes on her back years ago. Spurred by the death of her grandfather, Scarlett has returned to Rebel to claim the inheritance that is rightfully hers in hopes of making a fresh start. The only thing standing in her way is the officer who’s determined to uncover what she’s kept hidden in order to survive. Scarlett is full of secrets that Charlie is determined to uncover. But will uncovering her past cause him to lose the only family he's ever known and her one chance at happiness?