He was everything she never wanted, and everything she craved. No-nonsense Alice O'Connor came to Stockholm for work, not to fall in love. But when she meets the elusive author Jonas Hèallstrèom, they both let their guards down for one sexy night. And one night turns into more. But Jonas has a darker past, the kind of past Alice has sworn off. The kind she has every reason to be afraid of. Can she reconcile the things he's done with the man who makes her come alive?