Sadie Wilden needs a fresh start, so when the women's shelter administrator invites her to participate in a new program designed to safely house battered women and teach them a new job skill, she's all in. If everything goes right, she'll meet the social services requirements on time and be reunited with her baby-that is, if the police locate and arrest her ex. Sadie won't put her daughter in harm's way, matter how much she misses her. She just has to lay low and do a good job at her new intern position. When Gus Sadler, an investigative reporter from Seattle, shows up at her workplace, Sadie's leery of his intentions-after all, it was the media that leaked information that put her baby in harm's way. Gus is drawn to Sadie right away, but he'll have to work double time to earn her trust. Can he set aside his inclination to investigate her background or will he jeopardize his chances by digging into her past?