Tala is on the run. Looking for a place to lay low while planning her fresh start she heads to Toronto. Her college roommate Penny is more than happy to put Tala up but has other ideas for her future. Penny insists on involving her big brother Barrett. She coerces him into being Tala’s bodyguard. CSEA agent Barrett doesn’t know what hit him when he meets Tala for the first time. He wants her, his bear is going crazy for the petite and quiet woman. She wants to run, and he wants to make her his. Can Tala let herself stay and be happy with Barrett or will her past drive them apart forever?