MacInnes Bourbon is being threatened. Again. Rousing every protective instinct Marianne MacInnes possesses.

. But now, she's a target, too. As MacInnes's assistant master distiller, she moves over the entire distillery grounds, making her all the more vulnerable. Now much to her chagrin, she's assigned a watch dog in the person of Grayson "Gray" Thomas. Never mind that he's the hottest man she's met in ages, Marianne wants nothing to do with her shadow.

When Marianne's brother offers Gray a chef's dream job at MacInnes Distillery's new event center, it comes with a caveat. Until the center is complete, Gray's priority is keeping a protective eye on Marianne.

As Gray and Marianne play cat and mouse with their desires and their blossoming relationship, the threats become much more personal. And very dangerous.