In the land of y'alls and bless your hearts, love is in the air...but so is murder. Two years after losing her husband, thirty-five-year-old widow and mother of two, Paige Collins is contemplating opening her heart again. While out in her small town she runs into Jake, the unrequited love from her past, and is flooded with yearning...and lust. Her body begs her to give Jake another chance, but her mind says he is not to be trusted with her heart. Ruggedly handsome Jake Bennett has kept his life simple after becoming a dad at a young age and a doomed marriage. He has mastered the art of gentlemanly one-night stands and avoided romance. Reuniting with Paige has him sure that he is ready to settle down; he just has to prove to her that he is not the thoughtless guy he used to be. Paige and Jake think their only obstacle to getting the happy ending they've waited years for is misgivings about their past, but a jealous one-night stand of Jake's is determined to make him hers. She is willing to stop at nothing to get what she wants, including murder.