Never have the stakes been higher. Never have two people faced greater risks or grappled with deeper desire.

Professional fine art restorer Emily Greene is in no mood to see the devil-may-care Max Aries. She hasn't forgotten — or forgiven — the way Max dropped into her life a year ago, stole her heart, then vanished without a word. Max didn't even keep in touch with his father, Daniel, the master of art restoration and reproduction who taught Emily her craft and became her trusted friend. So when Daniel suddenly commits suicide, Emily is devastated. And when the prodigal playboy Max returns, her welcome for him is less than warm...