He has a deadly obsession - her. Chelsea Hopkins thought she had killed the man who abused her. When her desperate mark misses its aim, fear keeps her running. She has spent years one step ahead of him, a man hell bent on destroying her. Running has taught her that trust was a fragile illusion that she couldn't afford, or it could kill her. When she hits Sweet Valley, Georgia, Chelsea had no intention on staying long. Armed with scars and nightmares, she soon forges a new life and a new identity beneath layers of deceit and deception but her time is running out. Ian St. Clair can see the pain in Chelsea's eyes, the shattered turmoil in their dark depths. He craves nothing more than to keep her safe. He knows she wants to escape her past and he will stop at nothing to show that she belongs in the small community, with him. Can Ian protect Chelsea, or will she keep running?