"It's not like I'm throwing myself at you"
"Really? It seems like that's exactly what you're doing."
"And you don't have any control? Do you kiss every woman who might be attracted to you?"
"No. You're not every woman."

Oh, how I love the misunderstood bad boy!

Damon Sanders. The loner. The one with the murderous reputation. The one everyone stays away from. Good. He prefers it that way. His life is a mess - full of danger. Letting anyone in could spell disaster and death. Forced to skim the line of legality to save his family from dangerous people, love is not even a conceivable notion for him. Until her. What is it about this woman that draws him in like a moth to a bug zapper? He knows this can't end well , but he can't stay away from her. Can he find a way to have her, and keep her from the mess that is his life? When she makes a decision that puts her in the cross-hairs, can he get to her in time to save her? If he loses her now, there'll be nothing left for him to keep breathing. He can't let that happen.

Elise Morgan liked this little town. She could see herself happy here, working in the small clinic in town while she waited for her dream job to come through in New York. She never planned on him. Everything about him screamed trouble. Danger. Warning. But despite her good senses, she couldn't keep from wanting to know everything about him, explore every inch of him. She'd heard the rumors, but something told her there was more to this man that what the towns people whispered about him. Once she gets inside that carefully constructed wall he's put around himself, she knows she'll never want to leave. But, when danger comes calling for her, will she ever get the chance to see him again? Has she lost everything?

I enjoyed this book! Damon is my favorite kind of hero -misunderstood, self-loathing, and feeling undeserved of anyone's love. How wrong they all are!!! I would have liked a bit more about the trouble befalling his family - a little more background in to the situation. Overall, a great read. I mean, really, who doesn't love the bad boy/straight-laced woman romance?