About The Book

I spent years resisting her. She spent years testing me. Tonight, the battle ends.

Jillian
I’ve wanted my brother’s best friend and partner, homicide detective Leo Santoro, from the second I locked eyes on him. For years, I’ve pulled out every trick in my considerable arsenal to force him to confront the chemistry that crackles between us, but with his ironclad control, he never breaks. 

Tonight, I’m taking control. I’ve played out this self-destructive dance for the last time. He swears he’ll never give in, but I’m calling his bluff. He’ll reject me, of course, like he always does, but  I’m prepared.  This time when he tells me to walk away, that’s exactly what I’ll do. If he doesn’t want me, I’ll find someone who does. 

Leo
From the moment I met my best friend’s baby sister, free-spirited Jillian Banks, her pull has been undeniable. All these years, I’ve resisted, not only out of loyalty to my partner but because I’m not the man she needs. So, as she stands before me in a red dress designed to make me sweat, swearing she’s done pining for me, it takes every ounce of my considerable self-control to reject her—again.  

It doesn’t matter how much I want her. She’s off-limits, and I can’t be her knight in shining armor. I’m determined to do what’s best for her and let her go. It’s the only responsible thing to do. And I believe every word out of my mouth until she walks away from me and into the arms of another man.  The second he touches her, my rational mind turns off, and my primitive desires turn on.  

All the discipline I’m known for. Gone.
Self-control. Taken off to parts unknown. 
Possessive, all-consuming jealousy. Like a Molotov cocktail. 
The only thought pounding in my head. Mine. 

If anyone takes her home, it’s going to be me.  And I’m about to shatter every one of her cute little fantasies.