No two people could be more different: Ryan runs toward trouble and Danique has run away. At a small, private university in the foothills of Montana, fate brings them together in a tangle of bookbags and classroom chairs.
But Ryan is no wide-eyed Freshman; he works for a consulting company as a cover for his real job of rescuing international kidnap victims. Reluctantly, he has agreed to join the collegiate crowd to add an MA in International Finance to his resumé. He will get it done - and quickly - but kidnappings don't wait for summer break.
Danique, definitely a wide-eyed Freshman, has escaped from an abusive home, leaving her two sisters behind. Putting aside her desire for travel, adventure, and romance, she determines to find a career that will provide for the girls. She disappoints herself, however, by falling for the first man to pay any attention to her. Will she end up just like her mother?
When Danique literally crashes into Ryan and reopens a recent wound, he finds he must trust her, but how trustworthy can she be? His team is afraid that his emotions for Danique will override his good sense. Yet he harbors a greater secret that tears at his heart and could jeopardize the lives of everyone in his team. Loving Danique has to come last. Or does it?
