Jake Carrington, a former Marine and billionaire owner of The Preserve Hotel and Casino, is frustrated with his life of loneliness. He's always lived for duty and honor, but he's always been missing something: the love of his life. But, after all this time, he knows that she can't possibly exist... Until the day she walks into his life. Cathryn Harvey, a former Navy IT tech and a current cocktail waitress at The Preserve, is hiding a secret. Fiercely independent and in complete control of her life, working at the casino has allowed her the anonymity she needs to keep herself safe from her past. But when she meets the sexy man who stirs her blood in a way she's never known before, Cathryn struggles with letting her guard down. Something about this sensual and captivating man seems familiar, different, and has set fire to her senses. But when someone from her past returns and threatens to rip her world apart, Cathryn may be forced to choose between a man who could be her future and a man who will try his best to end it...