I will not budge.

I will not buckle.

I will not surrender.

Bernadette recited that mantra to herself over and over again since the night she was abducted. She woke bound and gagged, staring into the face of a man whose past was linked with hers. A man... with a vendetta.

That was seven days ago.

Alone with him in a secluded cabin in the middle of nowhere, Bernadette notices with each passing day he softens to her a little more. That small change turns the game in her favor, and she's ready to play.

As the power shifts, will her captor sense her plans and tighten his hold? Or will Bernadette be the one to make him budge... buckle... and surrender?

Warning: This tale is a romantic suspense boarding on dark. Includes strong adult content.