After months spent caring for her terminally ill mother, Rebecca Rivera is suddenly alone in a world she has learned not to trust, and she is fiercely determined not to let her mother's death define her. Losing her job, decking a man who could not keep his hands to himself, and living out of her car are, to her mind, just temporary setbacks on the way to getting back on her feet. Proud and used to steering her own life, the last thing Rebecca wants is a man swooping in to rescue her, even one as handsome, wealthy, and charismatic as Pierce Braden. Pierce has always been the white knight, the man who fixes things and saves the day, and he is completely unprepared to fall for a woman who flatly refuses to be saved. The more he tries to help, the harder she pushes back, and he slowly realizes that winning her may mean setting down the armor he has always hidden behind. As pride and pain give way to something tender, both must decide whether to let another person in. It is a steamy, emotional romance about grief, independence, and learning to accept love on equal footing.