New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan begins her breathtaking Montgomery Ink series with a bachelor finally settling down, and the one woman he shouldn't have.

One look at the woman who comes in for a tattoo and Austin Montgomery knows she's the one for him. The problem: she can't stand it. Now he will have to convince her, bringing out all the sweetness in her, to make her change her mind, to win her heart.

Sierra Elder has many reasons to stay away, many secrets in her heart. An accident took her first love from her, scaring her to her core. Now a tattooed man with a strange look begins to melt the ice that kept her safe, but her danger isn't just her feelings.

Some secrets should never be kept, and when both mistakes knock on the door, the two will have to trust, at the cost of feeling hurt.