With his player past, will she ever be able to trust him? Maggie Emerson has had a crush on her brother's friend Declan for years. She knows he's not into girls like her - he's always surrounded by skinny model types. With her curvy body and a career choice that never made her wealthy family happy, Maggie is sure Declan will never fall for her. Except now that her job is in jeopardy, she has no one else to turn to... Declan Archibald knows he wants no one else but Maggie. He wasn't ready for her before, but now he can't get her out of his mind. He tried wooing her a few months ago, and it didn't work - Maggie just thought he was using her. So how can he convince her that his feelings for her are real? When he discovers she's in trouble, Declan jumps to help. Will her crisis bring them closer together or push them apart? Saving Maggie's job gets complicated, drawing dangerous secrets to the surface that threaten their already shaky bond. Maggie and Declan have plenty of chemistry, but can their growing love withstand so many obstacles? BOOK ONE EXCERPT: She could feel him behind her, close but not quite touching-feel the warmth of him, the raw need. "Maggie," he said, and she nearly whimpered. "Maggie. Look at me." She swallowed and squeezed her fingers around the key card, coiling heat spreading through her pelvis. "I can't." His voice, a breathy murmur, ghosted across the soft skin of her neck beneath her ear. "Why?" It wasn't really a question. It was a challenge. "Because I've got no control around you," she admitted desperately, pleadingly, every ounce of her senses firing up for him. "Tell me to leave," he murmured to her, and she felt it then-the shadow of a touch on the side of her neck, the very whisper of his tongue. "Tell me to walk away, and I'll never bother you again."