How far will a mother go to save her child? What will a man do to protect the woman he loves?

Janna Kerr's eight-year-old daughter is dangerously ill and she knows her last hope is an unscrupulous doctor who–for the right price–will help her child. Secluded in a small cabin in the Louisiana bayou, Janna and Lainey wait for the summons. But when Clay Benedict shows up, an already desperate woman is pushed to the edge.

Clay, whose powerful Louisiana family owns this land, was just checking on the place. He didn't expect to be drugged and held captive by a beautiful woman whose secret is revealed the moment he looks into her young daughter's eyes–Benedict eyes.

The last thing Janna needs is this powerful man affecting her in ways her heart cannot allow. Because nothing is more important than saving her daughter–and Clay is getting too close to understanding the terrible risk she's willing to take. But in Louisiana, a man fights for what he wants....