Dean Whitley is no stranger to murder. In the small town of Hartsville, he isn?t just another one of the guys. He is a survivor of the killing spree that left his mother dead and his father heartbroken. Determined to avoid the same lonely fate, he refuses to pursue the one woman he knows he could fall for.

Payten Bailey isn?t looking for a happily ever after ending. Busy running her parents? diner, she isn?t looking for a relationship at all in spite of her friends? insistent prodding.(read more)