My job in the NYPD taught me two things. Loving someone is a distraction. And distractions can be deadly.

After fifteen years in the NYPD, I've traded my badge for a pen, becoming a bestselling crime writer. It's given me everything I didn't want—fame, fortune, and a deep distrust of strangers.

When a crazy fan recreates the scenes in my books, I move to Sunrise Bay. And there, in a small town on the shore of Willow Lake, I meet Riley. He's a successful artist and the sweetest, kindest person I know.

My instincts tell me to keep my distance, to protect him from the shadows of my past. But I'm falling in love, and I don't know what to do about it—until the reason I left New York City targets him.

Suddenly, I'm faced with the raw honesty of my feelings.

I'll risk everything to save Riley.