In the quiet Bavarian town of Ansbach, Germany, a disciplined killer who worships perfection and silence makes one mistake: he collides with a sharp-tongued florist who doesn't scare easily-and who understands control better than most.
He takes her. What he doesn't expect is the noise she brings into his ordered world-or how much he wants it.
Vaughn is composure carved in steel, a man who survives by discipline and restraint. Carol West is precise, defiant, and dangerously observant. Beneath the petals, she keeps secrets with more thorns than roses. She admires his control. She intends to test it.
When her past collides with his need for order, desire turns violent, heat tastes like blood, and the bond between them threatens to cost far more than either planned.