Doing what she wants. Not what people expect …
British heiress Allegra van Doren is tired of playing by the rules. After her fiancé humiliated her with a sordid, public affair mere weeks before their wedding, she took refuge from the media storm to nurse her broken heart in private. But no more. Allegra is done hiding away. It's time she stopped letting life happen to her and started taking charge. Doing what she wants, not what people expect. And what she wants is Ben Ellis.
Ben is a struggling bartender, doing his best to raise an eight-year-old daughter on his own in Australia, with enough baggage to sink a ship and barely two coins to rub together. Allegra van Doren is the last woman he thinks he deserves and far more than his pride can handle.
When Allegra's fragile determination explodes into Ben's carefully orchestrated life, it's going to take every ounce of will she can muster to build the love they both want before his insecurities burn it to the ground.
