Her Defiant Heart — Monica Murphy

No one's childhood is perfect.

Not everyone's mother tosses them aside as a baby. It changes you, knowing you weren't good enough, that your very existence repelled the person who gave you life. My father never got over it, leaving me to fend for myself, always reminding me of my shortcomings.

I'm not over it either.

I want revenge.

She owes me. And I'm going to take what's mine.

Leaving my past behind, and starting fresh. New name, new life, new college, new boy. The gorgeous, ultra-rich Rhett Montgomery. He's immediately interested in me, exactly like I planned.

He's my connection to my mother, and I'm using him to destroy her. But I didn't plan on Rhett being so charming. Sweet. Sexy.

And I definitely didn't plan on falling for him either…