Rule #1: Don't fall for a man who makes you want more than a distraction.

Rule #2: Definitely don't fall for him right before your past comes looking for you.

Gaby has spent years rebuilding the life her ex tore apart. She doesn't do dependence. Dating is nothing more than an occasional bit of fun, and that's exactly how she likes it.

Until Guy.

He's sexy, kind, and impossible to ignore, and after a string of men who gave her every reason to guard her heart, Gaby starts to wonder if Guy might be worth breaking her own rules for.

Guy is done with women who only want to take from him. His last relationship made sure of that. But Gaby is different. She lives like every day might be her last, and he can't get enough of her fire, her honesty, and the way she makes him forget every reason he had to stay guarded.

Then his ex resurfaces with news that changes everything. But Guy's past isn't the only one that refuses to stay buried.

Gaby thought she'd seen the last of her ex, but as he creeps menacingly back into the edges of her carefully rebuilt life, she realises that the safety she once revelled in is in jeopardy.

With their pasts pulling them in opposite directions, Guy and Gaby are forced to face the one question neither of them wants to answer.

Is love enough when everything else is fighting to tear them apart?