Ache of Desire — Cherrie Mack

Engaged to a handsome, wealthy athlete, Rebecca DeMorrow had her future lined up in perfect symmetry. But not everything goes according to plan, and like a row of dominos, a tipping point triggers a melee with disastrous results. Years later, a chance encounter with Detective Jack Hunt stirs her monotonous life. Guarded and disbelieving, she tells herself it's simply physical. But when Jack barrels through her resolve with his outlandish sexual behavior and sometimes shocking language, she feels the shackles around heart falter. Coming to grips with her past, Rebecca begins to believe that things she thought too good to be true could in fact exist. As she rediscovers herself and accepts a blossoming love, a coincidental meeting uncovers a secret that threatens to destroy her newly found happiness with the one man who can make her forget her past.