Bri Calladega loves her life traveling the world and taking pictures of both the beauty and devastation of faraway lands. But when her passion takes her to a remote part of Asia, Bri returns home with more than just her camera. Finally back in the town where she grew up, Bri is ready to settle into motherhood and provide her daughter with the life she's never had - a life full of love and stability by a parent who adores her and will always be by her side. But then one night of spectacular sex throws her plan into a tailspin, and Bri is torn between the life she's promised her daughter, and the one that calls to her heart. When strangers come from halfway around the world to take back what they claim is rightfully theirs, Bri knows there's only one place she can turn to keep her little girl safe. After just that single encounter, Erik Reid knows Bri is the one for him. Despite her haughty rebuffs, he can't forget her, and his inner mountain lion is becoming more and more unbearable the longer they're away from her. But just as he's decided to take her for his own, danger comes looking for an innocent child, and he'll have to fight tooth and claw for the family he wants. Or die trying.