From award-winning author Billie Dale comes the story of a mothers fight to keep herself and her daughter out of the clutches of the Cosa Nostra and away from an obsessed stepbrother whose feelings are anything but brotherly. I needed a place no one would know me. A fresh start. Sanctuary. And as far from everyone in my past as possible without leaving the country. The island of Mercy Bay is my new beginning. I'm a new mother with a colicky baby and no support system. Nights of screaming bring the surly neighbor to my door. Big, brooding, ex-hocky playing, infuriating and hot, Walker Wheler is the baby whisperer. He adores my daughter. Me? Not so much. I don't need another man to complicate my life, but I can't resist Walker. One night of explosive passion, I discover I'm not the only one with secrets. When the twisted truth comes calling, I learn that no matter how far you run, the past will always find you in the end. A stand-alone novel