USA TODAY bestselling author Christie Ridgway brings you a fan—favorite tale of forbidden love…

schoolgirl crush…or a forever love?

Lucy Sutton has a mission: to get over Carlo Milano once and for all. And when she becomes the successful security director's temporary employee, she thinks the arrangement is perfect. After all, a strictly professional relationship will help her overcome her longtime unrequited crush.

But nothing is business as usual for CarloFor Lucy is no longer a pesky teenager…she is a vibrant, beautiful woman who just happens to work for him. She is smart, sweet—and undeniably sexy. And yes, he knows that he’s playing with fire. But the closer he gets to Lucy, the more he’s finding it impossible to resist the flame…