Cruel Water: 2 (Portland Me)

Innocence marked her.Violation crippled her.Love left her raw.The life she carefully rebuilt is challenged when she is confronted with the sins from her past. The carefully applied protection is at once ripped away leaving her exposed and vulnerable.Her single night of indulgence with the silver-eyed stranger is only the beginning. He sees right to the heart of her and she is unable to ward off emotions that have been deeply buried. With the sting of betrayal still fresh in her soul shes surprised to find herself opening up to the honest integrity of the sharp-eyed rough-looking biker.When he lost everyone who mattered he was left without roots and learned to be content simply living in the moment. Completely unprepared for the feisty blonde bartender with old pain marring her clear-blue eyes he questions his own rules of detachment as she unwittingly finds a way under his skin.Appearances deceive and when the masks fall away revealing deep dark secrets there is nothing left but to hang onto each other and survive the storm