Someone at some point claimed that the love of a good woman could change even the most wayward man. Savannah Honey has put this theory to test more often than she'd care to admit. And what experience has taught her is that it isn't true. 
Bad boys never change. 
So she makes a new rule…no more bad boys, period. 
Hard knocks haven't made Damien hard…they've made him indifferent, but caring is something that doesn't come naturally to the foster kid turned soldier turned thief-for-hire. But when he gets a second chance at love with the girl who once showed him a kindness in his youth that he never forgot, he can't help but care. 
Dangerous and doomed to fail, their attraction is impossible to defend and even harder to resist. But love never reads warning labels and sometimes rules were made to be broken.
Featuring a loveable cast of characters in small-town New England, this funny, sexy, and poignant story will captivate from the first word to the last contented sigh.
 

The world sees Lady Elora Brodie as a rigid, controlling noblewoman, but inside her beats a passionate and rebellious heart. Determined to protect her independence, she will do anything to avoid marriage to her insistent neighbor—and every other man for that matter. She will even venture beyond the comforts of home to traverse the disreputable shipyards of Inverness in search of a man reckless enough to set her plan in motion, a plan she hopes will ensure that she never need utter the words "to honor and obey."

To all the world, Nathan Campbell is fearless, strong, irresistibly sexy and when not tracking down thieves for a price, he can generally be found in a tavern, too far into his cups and draped by women vying to welcome him into their beds. But if they were to look beyond his devilishly charming smile to his eyes, they would see that he was hollow inside, and no amount of coin, drink, or women could fill the void in his heart.

Both Elora and Nathan will see the other as a means to achieve their worldly goals—but what if within their wounded hearts beats more? What if dreams lie in wait? Dreams that can only be realized when unleashed by a passion too powerful to contain and impossible to deny.