First published 2013
Johanna Walker has her life mapped out. She needs a man with money and stability, someone who will help her care for her younger brother Cole after years of parental neglect. Working at a bar in Edinburgh, Jo keeps her emotions locked away and her standards high. Then Cameron MacCabe starts bartending alongside her. Cam is everything Jo knows she should avoid. He lacks the financial security she requires, but the chemistry between them burns too hot to ignore. As Jo finds herself breaking her own rules, she faces a harder challenge than resisting attraction. Opening her heart to Cam means revealing the painful secrets about her family that she has worked so hard to hide. Jo must decide whether to stick with her practical plan for survival or risk everything for a love that offers no guarantees. The choice will force her to confront what she truly needs versus what she thinks she wants.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Edinburgh
464 pages · Paperback · Penguin
Content warnings: emotional-abuse