Sloan Whitlock is a busy woman. Entering her final semester of grad school, she's completely focused on her work, but when a misunderstanding threatens her life, everything changes. Lucas Montgomery was one of the wealthiest and most successful men in the city, and he's not used to hearing the word no. When he catches sight of Sloan at Club 9, he knows he has to have her. She was a vision of innocence, and he was desperate to have a taste. Someone is out to ruin Lucas and Sloan becomes a target merely because the person behind it all can see that Lucas is looking at Sloan with more than a little interest. Kidnappings, attempted murders, and more come between to two as they grasp at having some sort of a relationship. The odds are against them. Then the unimaginable occurs and love is found beyond the lust they share. Can this couple find the happiness that is evading them? Can their stubborn personalities work together to work to save not only their lives but their relationship as well? Or will the person behind the plot to ruin the handsome billionaire get what they want and ruin them all?