Dr. Baron Jones doesn8217t lose control.Not in the operating room.Not with the press.And definitely not with women.Until her.Penny8212the live-in caregiver hired to help his ailing mother8212is the one woman who8217s challenged him at every turn. For months, Baron has watched her from a safe distance, clenching his jaw while she bossed him around his own damn house, moved through his life with impossible grace, and got under his skin in ways he couldn8217t explain.But now he8217s done waiting.The family8217s settled. His mother is stable.It8217s time to go after what he wants8212with everything he8217s got.And what he wants is Penny Delgado.What Baron doesn8217t know? Penny is just as tired of pretending she doesn8217t want him.She8217s kept her heart locked down for years8212ever since her exhusband destroyed her sense of trust and nearly took her spirit with him. But after a long talk with her blunt, loving mother, Penny realizes she8217s doing it again: running. Running from the one man who makes her feel safe and wild in the same breath. The one man who sees her.Now she8217s ready.To stop hiding.To stop fearing.To stop denying the slow burn that8217s been building between her and Baron from the moment they met.But when these two stubborn souls finally collide, years of unspoken tension and unrequited longing explode into something neither of them saw coming8212and both of them crave. As the walls between them fall, secrets are revealed, hearts are laid bare, and seduction becomes a dangerous game neither of them can walk away from.He8217s used to controlling everything.She8217s used to protecting her peace.But love like this? It plays by its own rules.