Brynn Ahearn is gorgeous, fun, and a camera operator for the NBAāmore than your average sports nutāwhose work takes her all over the country. In other words, sheās a walking male fantasyāor, at least, she would be if she werenāt so busy keeping the guys at bay. The fact is, with Brynnās con-man father fresh out of jail and back in her life, dating is just too risky. Haunted by memories of her past, she couldnāt ask any man to gamble with his life for loveāeven one as addictive as Ford Meyers. Ford canāt believe his luck when he walks into a bar in Chicagoās Wicker Park and gets an eyeful of Brynn: the one that got away. After the gorgeous redhead blew him off in college, Ford got on with his life and made his fortune as a bestselling game designer, but heās never found a woman who compared to Brynn. No stranger to success, Ford is used to getting what he wantsāand after a scorching stolen kiss, what he wants is a second shot with his first love. To get it, he just has to convince her that heās man enough to take on the past she canāt leave behind...