He called me mediocre. Now he's the one chasing me. Literally.



Everything about Zach Fitzgerald should make me want to run.

He deals in million-dollar art and ruthless opinions. I run a small-town bookshop, a growing gallery, and a life I rebuilt from nothing. We were never supposed to collide. Unfortunately, now I'm stuck working with him.

When a huge summer event throws us together, he challenges everything I do. Questions every choice. Doubts my every instinct. And I refuse to back down. So he changes tactics.

He watches me. He studies me. And then he starts to figure me out in ways no one ever has. Including the one thing I've never said out loud. My biggest, darkest desire. And instead of walking away, he uses it.

Now he's set on making every one of my fantasies real, even if it wrecks me. Because Zach Fitzgerald doesn't play fair.

And once he decides he wants something? He doesn't stop until it's his.