Badass Brandon Shove is back in Vermin County, TN. It is the end of the road for him. The last stop in a life riddled with bad choices, mistakes, and dumbass moves. Like leaving Melissa Trainor at the altar seven years ago. What had he been thinking? What was he thinking now? Coming back home after an industrial accident has left him with a permanent disability and a recently-kicked prescription drug habit. But needing a place to figure out what he's going to do with the rest of his life, and nowhere else to go, he's here.
And so is she.
Melissa Trainor has been dubbed the Princess of Vermin County. But she is no princess. Instead a special agent for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Or she had been until a year ago, when her partner had drugged and raped her. A rape she did not report. A year has passed with Melissa lying to her supervisor - and her family. Devastated, her trust shattered, she hid behind an emergency family leave, which has left her career in ruin. With her life in crisis, her future uncertain she's come home. Never did she expect to find Brandon here, another man who'd nearly destroyed her.
But he is.
And so are all the old feelings. The unresolved anger. Hurt. And yes, love. With uncertain futures and shattered pasts, all Melissa and Brandon have is right now. And it's filled with secrets and uncertainties. But is also sizzled with possibility. Can they overcome the past to find a future together. One filled with healing, happiness, and love?
"Because sometimes all you need is a second chance."