"They have so much to lose that love doesn't seem like a worthy enough gain." Aali Jamison is fresh out of jail after doing a ten-year bid. His loyalty to his family is what put him behind bars, so it only seems fair that his older brother gets him a job working security for his boss - Oxford Pierce - owner of one of the wealthiest tobacco companies in America. Lexie Pierce has never been swayed by her father's wealth. If anything, being heir to Oxford Pierce's tobacco throne has given Lexie a hunger for independence outside of her father's name and fame. All of her life she's had one dream... one goal... and the will to achieve it on her own - until her father makes her an offer she can't refuse. When Aali joins Lexie's security team, he immediately finds himself enraptured by her. There are just two problems - Lexie is promised to another man, and even if she wasn't... Oxford has absolutely forbid Aali to even lust after his daughter mentally. Unintentionally, Lexie uses her feminine influence just as Eve did in the garden of Eden. And just like Adam... Aali is forced to choose between obeying Oxford or satisfying his desire for Lexie. Will he take of her forbidden fruit and eat... or will he have the strength to resist a temptation that has never looked so sweet?