She's not going to Daytona Beach alone… Riley Spring Break is supposed to be fun. I should be letting my hair down and soaking up the sun, but I'm nervous and jumpy. I don't know why, but I feel like someone is watching me… Parker She doesn't remember me. I know she doesn't. But she's all I've thought about for two years. I went to prison for her, but now I'm out and find out my girl is going to Daytona Beach for Spring Break. I can't let her go alone, unprotected, so I follow her.
My life is one of solitude, and I'm okay with that. I love the long hours on the road. I've never needed anything more. Until I see her. Suddenly, I know what I've been waiting for my entire life. But my girl is on the run, and she's scared. She needs a daddy to protect her, and I'm just the man for the job.
Christopher Gage is determined to take back the territory Gerard Smith stole from him, but he doesn't want to go to war to do it. Mafia wars are dirty and bloody, but Chris can't let this theft slide. He's got a trump card up his sleeve, though. Gerard's daughter, Marissa. The only problem? The little brunette gets under his skin like no one else, and when the time comes, he doesn't know if he'll be able to play her.
Erik Duvall is half the man he used to be. The war took its toll on him--most noticeably on the right side of his face. He's scarred, but those scars run more than skin deep. He's repulsed by himself and assumes everyone else must be too. That's why he hides himself away from the world. The only thing that keeps him sane is his music. He's a well-known composer in the musical world even though he hoards his compositions close to his heart, refusing to let anyone perform them for fear they won't do them justice. He tells himself that staying hidden in the shadows and composing music is enough for him, but when he sees Harper Young on the morning news, he suddenly wants like he's never wanted before. Harper's pure soprano is like nothing he's ever heard. She's an angel in the flesh, and he suddenly knows who he wants to perform his symphony. But Harper is young and beautiful and everything he's not. He knows he can't have her the way he really wants her, so he contents himself with being her teacher. And it's enough that she sing for him--only for him. That's what he tells himself anyway.
