Trinity Ewing is new in Madison and her one goal is to put her old life behind her. She's made mistakes. A lot of them. She's done everything short of selling herself to stay alive and provide for her son. Now she's just looking for a place where they can put down roots and call it home. The old ramshackle house on the banks of the Ohio River may need a lot of work, but it seems to be the perfect place for Trinity and her son. Noah Benningfield has a head full of demons and a past he'd like to forget. He loves working with his hands, so when the town's newcomer needs some work done, he's happy to oblige. However, when he meets Trinity Ewing he feels like he's been struck by lightening - twice. And that may not be a good thing...because he wants to move. However, when her home reveals terrible secrets, causes old wounds and mysteries to resurface, and an old flame comes blazing back into town, both Trinity and Noah are thrown together into a situation ripe with danger and desire that neither may survive.
It took years for Adam to stop drowning his regrets in alcohol, and running the local bar doesn't make it any easier - especially not when everyone gathers there to discuss the allegations that have shattered the town. When a murder rocks Madison, IN, it becomes chillingly clear that vicious wounds are waiting to be exposed. Nothing is sacred anymore, and no one is safe, least of all the mystery woman who shows up out of the blue, looking like every fantasy Adam's ever had. She may have her own dangerous secrets, but she can't ignore the heat between them any more than he can. As a killer's quest for vengeance explodes into violence, Adam is tempted to lose himself in the delicious promise of her body - until he realizes he'll risk anything if she'll give him her heart.
No matter how many times he has left her in the past, Sybil Chalmers cannot ignore her feelings for the one man who stole her heart years ago. For countless nights, she has waited for him--for his kiss, his touch--and has longed for him to emerge from the shadows of his past. Only when she is in his arms does Sybil really feel alive and finally, after all these years, that time is now. He's a man raised in a world of strict rules and unbreakable traditions and he's always yearned to break free. But when a family tragedy lures him back home, he finds his one true passion has been there all along. With Sybil, he can explore his greatest potential--and allow her to discover a whole new level of ecstasy. But will a long-buried secret threaten to tear them apart? The only thing he knows for sure is that he will do anything to keep Sybil in his life and keep her coming back for more.