Terrorized by the man who is now stalking her, Samantha Colby begins to lean on Detective Joshua Pierce. She's confident that he would never allow any harm to come to her. But as they grow closer, she learns more about his troubled past and the fear he struggles with everyday.

Josh never figured on falling in love. How could he when he doesn't even believe it exists? What he does believe is that he feels things for Sam that he's never felt before, and it scares him.

The closer they become, Josh realizes that he has to learn to trust those scary feelings if he's going to keep Sam in his life. He has to speak the truth of what's in his heart. And as her stalker closes in, Josh must do everything he can to keep the love he's found safe.