Former beauty queen Becky Holmes and her child are on the run from her dangerous ex. With her dreams of love and marriage shattered, she'll do anything to protect her child... even going so far as to hide out at her boss's cousin's house while he's gone. Wealthy, sexy, and emotionally haunted Logan Knight, by his father's rules, needs a temporary wife to keep him safe. get your land. No wife - no inheritance. But when this wife turns up on his doorstep with their child, his darkest memories awaken. He tries to keep his distance, but his attempts are ruined when he begins to develop real feelings for his fictitious wife and child. Just as Logan begins to think that he might have a future with Becky, his attempts to get it backfire in the form of betrayal. which leaves Becky with a heart-wrenching choice that no woman should have to make.