A smart and sexy romance about a grumpy single dad on a mission ofrevenge, and the girl he can’t leave behind by USA Today bestsellingauthor Tia Louise.It all started with a lie.Two years ago, I hugged my little boy goodbye and told him I’d be right back.Next thing I knew, I was arrested and sent to prison for a crime I didn’t commit.Now I’m out, and I’m determined to find justice.I only have a week to do it.Romance is not on the agenda.Until a beautiful, confused girl sits up in the backseat of my new car, halfway between San Francisco and LA.I can’t leave her on the side of the road barefoot with a dead phone…But I consider it.My brother says we have to take her with us.I say we have to put her on the next bus home—if we can find one.They’re making friends. I’m keeping my eyes on the road…Until the night my eyes land on her naked body, fresh out of the shower with no towel.I’vespent two years focused on revenge—now I’m fighting images of her softcurves in my hands, her shapely legs wrapped around my waist…She has bright blue eyes, big dreams, and her small nose wrinkles when she laughs.She reminds me what I was like before the lie,Before I decided the only truth I could believe was me.But the truth is, life isn’t that easy, and I’m running out of time.