Blaine Wicked can spot trouble from a mile away. As the eldest of five and the product of a Dark Knights biker family, he has always been the protector, so pulling a leggy blonde out of a bad situation at a bachelor party is second nature, no matter how much lip she gives him for it. Forensic scientist Reese Wilder never pictured herself as the entertainment at that party, but she will do anything to keep food on the table for her teenage sister. With their mother in rehab and a dealer's debt hanging over them, Reese is barely holding things together. She strikes Blaine as far too innocent to bend to his commanding, wicked ways, yet the more he learns about her, the harder she becomes to walk away from. Set on the sandy shores of Cape Cod, where the Wickeds are fiercely loyal and family is everything, this standalone pairs an alpha protector with a sharp, slightly awkward woman carrying more than her share. Insanely sexy, deeply emotional, and often laugh-out-loud funny, it follows two guarded people discovering that surrender and strength can look surprisingly alike.