Rule #1: Don't sleep with a stranger you met in the one bar where people know your name.

Rule #2: Definitely don't go back for seconds.

Shannen Morgan doesn't do reckless. She has a five-year plan, a job she's poured her heart into, and a hard-won reputation as the responsible one. She does not let a stranger buy her a drink and forget every rule she's ever made.

But one night with Callum Lewis turns into two. Two nights she can't stop craving—the first time in years she's felt like herself instead of the woman everyone expects her to be.

Then Monday arrives. And so does Callum. In her classroom doorway. The father of the troubled boy in her class.

Callum doesn't do relationships. Doesn't let anyone close enough to ask about the past he's spent years running from—one dangerous enough that he'll do anything to keep it buried. He definitely doesn't do falling for the woman currently teaching his son how to read.

But there's no walking away now. Not when Callum can't keep away from her.

In a town this small, word travels fast, and if the other parents find out their kids' teacher is involved with the bad boy single dad, Shannen's reputation and everything she's built at Oakwood Lane Primary School is at risk. And if Callum's past catches up first, it won't just be his second chance on the line.

Now Shannen has to choose: protect everything she's built, or risk it all for a man whose secrets might be as dangerous as the way he makes her feel.