Student Davia Vincent has sworn off men. Attorney and Professor Jackson Aldridge ego has been torn to shreds by his ex-girlfriend. Something draws the two together and in the end, they do learn that love is real, despite what they thought.

Seth Aldridge, Casanova extraordinaire, has never had a problem getting women...until he meets Brianna Mills. Brianna Mills has been burned by men like Seth before and she has no intention of getting hurt again. But, he's charming, funny, gorgeous and sexy as hell...she can't resist him for long. Seth is totally intrigued with the beautiful girl who seems to be resistant to his game. He finally wears her down and realizes that she slowly makes him do something he's never done before... fall in love. Brianna wonders if she's enough to make him change his playboy ways? There's only one way to find out.

 Perhaps I have a little of the monster in me after all...

How much would you sacrifice for those you love? To save her father, Sunshine must give up the life she's longed for to a powerful gangster.

Can she go with him and keep herself?

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Life is hard. James knows this for a fact in which she picked a bad time to quit smoking. Working long days as a housekeeper and taking online college classes just adds more stress. With a troubled childhood and a dark past looming over her shoulder, James is untrusting of others therefore lets very few people into her life.

That is until she stumbles -- literally -- into Tristen, a computer software engineer who won't take 'no' for an answer. He's different, kind, and fun. And French. He wants to get to know her, but will her past drive him away like the others and if he does stay, can he endure damage of her skeletons tumbling out of the closet?