I'd always thought having a mortal enemy was for dramatic novels and movies, right up until my so-called friend Jude "Beast" Rawlins did the unthinkable and became just that-my enemy.

Five years later, we've both retired from the Army, and fate has landed us in a town too small to avoid each other. We steer clear when we can and butt heads when we can't... until the day our jobs at Saint Security rope us into an assignment together posing as husband and wife.

Staying apart is impossible, and staying silent even more so. Everything inside me erupts, and I'm ready to finally put this beast of a man in his place for what he did.

Except, it turns out now I do the unthinkable and see Beast in a new way. In fact, I also get to know Jude, the man he is behind it all, the man I'd forbidden myself to ever notice. And I discover maybe this man never had to be my enemy.

What's a woman to do when the one she's always considered her enemy turns out to be just a man, one with a soft heart and an even softer touch? I've made so many mistakes in my past, I'm not sure I can trust myself, or Jude.

Can former enemies really have a chance at love?