Juliette Salinger lives her life entirely on her mother's terms. Everything from what she wears to who she dates is determined by what is deemed appropriate for their social standing.Look a little closer.Juliette isn't cut out for that life. She lives for moments of reckless abandon to escape the crushing pressure of never being good enough.Leo Ashlar appears to live his life entirely on his own terms. He's a bartending bachelor and undefeated fight-club champion.Look a little closer.He's haunted by a tragic past and hides his demons even from those he loves.When Juliette's duplicit worlds collide with the handsome and untouchable Leo, both are impacted in ways they couldn't foresee. Juliette's life begins to unravel. Can Leo help her build a new one, or will his past be their ultimate demise?
Holly Ashton hasn't celebrated her birthday since her mother passed away. Instead, it's the one day of the year she allows herself to grieve.Life is exactly how she believes it must be until her twenty-fifth birthday when a chance encounter with Ryan Davenport turns her tightly controlled life upside down. Ryan is driven, ambitious, and used to getting what he wants-and what he wants is the beautiful, smart-mouthed Holly Ashton.However, when neither of them believes in happily ever afters, how are they supposed to find their own?
"Since the moment our lives collided, I knew you were it for me. The impact was a once-in-a-lifetime event." - Leo Ashlar.Leo might still be an undefeated fight club champion, but his past has brought him to his knees. When the one person he had successfully avoided for five years is thrust back into his life, the broken pieces he'd tried to glue back together shatter in an instant.Juliette Salinger has taken control of her life, but that doesn't mean she's in for a smooth ride. She can't give up on her family and she'll fight for Leo with everything she has.With Juliette now caught in the middle, Leo will need to find a way to protect the woman he loves whilst trying to shield himself from any further damage.Fight or flight? The impact of either option could be deadly.
