Once upon a time, Violet Winters and her daughters were happy. But it all ended when Lieutenant Tim Winters was killed by a crazed criminal.

One year later, on a cold winter night, the cop's widow, Violet, is forced to leave her warm bed to ask her neighbor to turn down the music.

That's when she meets the dark, scarred, frighteningly handsome security specialist Joe Callahan. She doesn't want to admit that she can't suppress the intense desire she feels for Joe, so she gives in again and again. Feeling the same, Joe feeds Vi's desire and breaks his own rules just to keep her in his bed.

Even though Vi has only had one man in her life, she is sure that Joe is giving her signals and decides that she is ready for a new life and, perhaps, love.

But Violet does not know the dark secrets from Joe’s past, secrets so painful that they have dried him to the core. With nothing left to give to another person, Joe is determined to live alone.

But Violet's husband's killer is obsessed with her, and grief returns to the Winters girls' doorstep. When this happens, Joe is forced to admit that he cannot resist the combined attraction of Violet and her daughters, they have taken over his thoughts and filled his life with a storm of emotions. Joe must win them again and risk his life to keep Violet safe.

But will Violet, who has already experienced similar grief once, endure the loss of Joe?