Emily Braden is a respected leader in architectural preservation and a pillar of her small hometown, successful at nearly everything except finding love. After watching one brother after another fall for the loves of their lives, she escapes to Tuscany hoping to stop dwelling on what is missing from her own life. Dae Bray does not do flings and never stays anywhere long; as a demolitionist he follows the work wherever it leads, and the more he moves, the better he likes it. His trip to Tuscany is supposed to be all business, until he meets smart, sexy Emily and finds himself questioning his fear of settling down and every rule he has built his life around. As the two explore the history and beauty of Tuscany together, attraction sizzles into a passion neither expected, deepening into a connection they cannot explain away. Then their worlds collide: Emily wants to save the very property Dae has been hired to tear down. A woman who devotes her life to preserving the past and a man who makes his living demolishing it must discover whether they can build something solid between them. It is a steamy, romantic love story about opposites, compromise, and unexpected common ground.