If she can get past her fear, he might be exactly what she needs... Angelina Raine hasn’t left her apartment in over three years, but she’s determined to attend graduation—if she can make it down the hall and to the elevator. On her journey to freedom, she smacks into her worse nightmare: A tall, tattooed hunk of muscle who looks meaner than the men she’d been hiding from for so long. Hunter Amos has done his best to steer clear of personal attachment and to tamp down the rage that nearly destroyed his family. But when the former UFC fighter opens himself to the beauty next door, he will protect her with a vengeance. When two damaged souls collide, they’ll cling to the hope that their love can keep them together, even when the world and their pasts are trying to tear them apart.