You're to blame...
Because you make me feel alive.
Because you say my name like it's a lifeline.
Because you promise me things without uttering a single word.

Charlotte Novak is drowning. School, her internship, and trips to the hospital are beginning to be too much. A night out is meant to erase her worries, but a chance encounter with the cocky bartender complicates everything.

Duke Anderson came to college to escape his father's name and play the field, but one look at Charlotte at the end of the bar and he knows once with her will never be enough. She's confidently quiet, beautiful, and off limits.

Duke is the last person she expects to breathe life back into her.
Charlotte is the last person he should be falling for.

With secrets kept and unforgiving attraction, who's to blame when they fall in love?