He has every desire to have a wife. She has no plans to remarry.

Final years of his football career, Crane Julius King, meets Magnolia James. He knows a future with her is inevitable but his ideal future is threatened when an investment unfolds into corruption. He has to sort it out or risk jeopardizing his career, friends and future.

At thirty-five, Magnolia James, fifteen years married, is living an outward dream but an inward nightmare. Focusing on being a good wife and support to her husband she is left empty. Crane is the last thing she imagines could happen. But from the moment they meet, she’s drawn in.

When Crane meets Magnolia, neither can deny the chemistry that surges between them - but she still won’t let him in. Not after what she’s been through. Except Crane wants her so badly, he’ll do anything to knock down her defenses.

He won’t give up on her…and she’s no longer sure she wants him to.