In this powerfully emotional new adult novel, Avery has just met her hot upstairs neighbor, he's irresistible. Tattooed. And a virgin. Nursing student Avery Michaels wants nothing to do with dating. She's perfectly happy single. Privy to too many of her mother's bad decisions and even worse taste in boyfriends, Avery can only handle a string of uncomplicated hookups whenever the mood strikes. When she meets smoking-hot tattoo artist Bennett, she wants him - for just one night. But he won't accept a no-strings-attached arrangement. He lives by a straitlaced code of values based on his own troubled upbringing. Bennett sees something special in Avery, and he wants more from her. Way more. As Avery wrestles with her emotions for Bennett, danger and tragedy force them to open up to each other. And Avery must face the terrifying realization that she wants more from him too. So she needs to make a choice- Let Bennett go or finally let him in. 'This is one new adult you don't want to miss.' New York Times Bestselling Author A. L. Jackson 'A fresh and fascinating twist on the classic love story.' New York Times Bestselling Author Jasinda Wilder 'Bennett stole my heart! If you like hot, sweet, sexy, caring good guys, he'll claim yours too.' New York Times Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely