Sometimes desires have the power to break our hearts. Or heal them.

Ono Bottarelli

My father’s dying wish was for me to bring our family back to its former glory. But the days of illegitimate business are long gone for families like mine.

I prefer to live in the now. But some folks haven’t gotten the message.

A shootout at one of my favorite haunts leaves me torn up and bleeding. I have no choice but to break into a basement apartment I thought was empty. Good thing I was wrong. The place is occupied and bonus, there’s a doctor in the house.

A sexy doctor with impossibly dark eyes and a body made for sin. But will she keep my presence a secret?

Michelle Davis

Working to pay off med school might take another ten years, if I manage my finances carefully. It’s something I am determined to do. If there was one thing my parents taught me, it was to be responsible.

God, I missed them so much.

The anniversary of the tragic accident that took them from me way too soon just passed and I’m sitting in the dark in my apartment like I do most nights.

Alone. Always alone.

But when circumstances bring a shot up gangster to my home, needing medical attention, I’m suddenly not alone. I don’t think, I just react.

Does it matter that he’s more handsome than anyone I’ve ever seen, with blue eyes and cheekbones that could cut glass? Of course not. I’m a professional. Besides, I took an oath.

But what do I do when he demands I take one that binds me to him for life?