Kate Darby has suffered horrors worse than imaginable in the past. She's closed off her personal life to focus all her time and energy on the pub her father bequeathed to her. When her bar comes under attack by a vandal and sexy, sweet Toby Angel is there with unending emotional support, she can't turn him away.

He gets under her skin and helps her heal. But when he's the one accused of damaging her pub, can she find it in herself to trust in him? She’s always believed that where there’s smoke...