LONDON I've never been a rule-breaker. Until the God-like and hotter-as-sin, I despise for two years comes back and becomes my temporary bodyguard. I hate his work ethic—Striker Cade never mixes his job with pleasure, but when he looks at me, he's got heartbreak written all over him. When my father threatens to shut down, the only thing that matters to me, he volunteers to help. Our marriage is supposed to be the solution to my problem, but my father has another evil plan. The more we spend time together, the more I realize I don't have to act madly in love. I already am. *** STRIKER I've never lost focus at work. When London becomes my client, she's got forbidden fruit written all over her, and she hates my guts, but something tells me she's worth it. Until I find myself in her bed without any recollections, the next day, we're engaged. I would love to play her in-love husband. Only we're trapped by her father's demands, pawns to his bigger plans. When her life is threatened and our marriage is at stake, I reach out to my last resort. And I realize she has become the person I can't live without.