At the tender age of 16, Teresanna Montesallo discovered that, in the case of her stepfather, a restraining order was just a piece of paper. Arriving home from school to find her mother beaten unconscious and Big Daddy Long waiting for her, she survived by her wits and a little luck.. but she knew she couldn't let him locate her as he'd promised he would... An advertisement in the newspaper gave her the idea, a friend created a fake i.d., and she entered a contest for amateur exotic dancers...and won, which got her to the next town and the next amateur contest... Seven years later, while dancing as the Lady Tigre, she sees a big, long-haired trucker with captivating green eyes and a lady killer smile. Despite her best attempts not to fall for him, there's just something about him... But is Kyle Benton truly a man she can trust, at last, or will she leave him behind out of fear of the nightmare man from her past?