<P>In this village I’m an outcast: Griffin Everett the scowling giant who prefers plants to people. Then I meet Keynes a stranger from the city who’s everything I’m not: sharp-tongued sophisticated beautiful. Free. For a few precious moments in a dark alleyway he’s also mine hot and sweet under the stars...until he crushes me like dirt beneath his designer boot.</P><P>When the prettiest man I’ve ever hated shows up at my job the next day I’m not sure if I want to strangle him or drag him into bed. Actually—I think I want both. But Keynes isn’t here for the likes of me: He makes that painfully clear. With everyone else at work he’s all gorgeous glittering charm—but when I get too close he turns vicious.</P><P>And yet I can’t stay away. Because there’s something about this ice king that sets me on fire a secret vulnerability that makes my chest ache. I’ll do whatever it takes to sneak past his walls and see the real man again.</P><P>The last thing I expect is for that man to ruin me.</P>
