At twenty-five, Ellie Parker has made an art of building walls around her heart, and only one person has ever gotten past them: Dex Remington, the man who has always believed in her and always been there. Four years ago she went to him seeking comfort, then vanished in the night, leaving him shattered. Now one of the country's top PC game developers, Dex is handsome, brilliant, and so thoroughly numb that he doubts he will ever feel anything again. When chance throws the two of them back together, it reignites desires that terrify Ellie and awaken something long dormant in Dex, she wants to run, and he wants, for the first time in years, to feel. Drawn back to each other by a volatile mix of longing and fear, they edge down a path that could heal the wound between them or reopen it for good. Their story asks whether a bridge burned so completely can ever be crossed again, or whether two guarded people who once meant everything to each other are destined to stay apart. It is an emotionally charged, second-chance romance about trust, fear, and the pull of first love.