The only thing worse than living in a town where everyone hates you is having to work for the man who broke your heart.
Redemption, Tennessee held nothing but painful memories that Lark Ashton had no desire to rehash. After the only man she's ever loved crushed her soul and spirit, and all her friends turned their backs on her, she swore she'd never go back. But when her aunt calls, asking a favor she can't possibly refuse, Lark finds herself public enemy number one . . . again.
Clay Morrison has spent seven years trying to convince himself he's no longer in love with Lark Ashton. But when the woman he thinks betrayed him and his family returns, she brings with her a whole slew of feelings he's worked hard to ignore. Now he can't get the bane of his existence out of his head.
She's in desperate need of a job. He can't resist the chance to have her at his mercy.
They're both about to discover what happens when the most intense passion they've ever felt is with a person they hate.