I was promised to the Irish mafia boss as collateral for my brother's loan. Now he's here to take what he's owed... All of my life, I've been bailing my younger brother, Eric, out of trouble. This time he's gone too far, and it isn't just money he needs to settle his debt. This time I'm the payment. When Dwayne's men abduct me and sweep me away to his secluded mansion, I'm terrified and angry. How could my own brother betray me like this? What is it that this handsome and powerful stranger wants with me? Will I ever see the outside world again, or am I to become a casualty of doing business? I must find a means to escape before I am forced to find out. Yet, in the midst of my fear, I find Dwayne...compelling. When he first kisses me, I feel a passion unlike anything I have ever felt before. Surely, it is my misplaced fear. It can't really be...desire. Or can it? Though I am his captive, I somehow feel more protected when I am with him than I ever have before. There is something about Dwayne that seems the reluctant villain, as though it is a burden he carries upon his shoulders. His eyes hold a depth of stories that I want to learn...to help me discover the man behind them. As we grow closer, I find that I need to know the truth. What am I to him? Am I simply a means of payment, or is what we have something real? Now, the stakes are higher. This time, my heart is on the line.