Up and moving to a small coastal town in Maine is the last thing anyone expected of me, but the moment I set foot there, I instantly feel at home. It's exactly the change I needed to pick up a paintbrush again.

On my first night though, I'm startled awake by loud crashing sounds outside, and to my rescue comes a man that, with one look, I know will be the reason I break every rule I have about men.

Jake Taylor is the town's recluse.

He's tall, dark, and handsome personified, and would rather spend all of his time in his workshop than around people.

I just so happen to be the exception to that.

With every minute we spend together, I can't help but fall for the man who brings out everything I thought I lost in myself.

But when his past comes back to town, all the reasons I've been avoiding men send the walls around my heart right back up.

I thought I had finally found where I belonged, but now I'm second guessing everything.