Five years ago, Asher Quigley broke his engagement to
Minerva Lambkin, believing she was an accomplice in a
scheme to steal his prototype for a wondrous device.
Minerva swore she was innocent, though the thief—and
Asher's mentor—was her own father.
Now, sheer desperation has driven Minerva to Asher's
door. Her father has been kidnapped by investors furious
that he's never been able to make the machine work. Only
Asher, now a rich and famous inventor in his own right, can
replicate the device. He's also become a hard, distant
stranger far different from the young idealist she once
loved.
Despite their troubled past, Asher agrees to help
Minerva. He still harbors his suspicions about her, but
their reunion stirs emotions and desires they both thought
were buried forever. Can they rebuild their fragile
relationship in time to save her father and their future
together?