She wasn't necessarily his opposite. She was just her. Grumpy and salty to match his awfulness and arrogance with a temper as hot as the color of her hair. But truly, she was cheerful and sweet if deserved. Life's cruel talons had shaped her that way and forced her into a shell. A fresh start was what she needed. But when her plans start to fall apart and life's refusing to play along. She had no choice but to return to the past she was running from in the first place. What's worst?, her heart ridiculed the strong will she had in place to stay away from the one person she loathed. He was the odd sibling, dark-satans evil spawn everyone stayed away from who did nothing for anyone but himself. " we are all bad in someone else's story." He says. Some called him selfish and many terrible things he had grown accustomed to. After all there's nothing that could hurt anymore after all he's been through. He's convinced himself he didn't care and wanted nothing to do with her. Yet she tempted and challenged the walls in his life he had carefully constructed, igniting little embers he hadn't felt in a long time. surely life's dark humor had a way of stringing together the the worst possible outcomes and that no matter what-She was his Redemption . He wants no part of it and she is scared to open up to it. with the danger posed on his family and the deep secrets unraveling he has no choice. a world of chaos, deadly secrets...evil and ghosts of the past, He would do anything to protect her even if it meant lying to keep her safe despite the rules he's set in place. * Stay tuned for the second book in The Padmore Tower series: Redeeming Love. Coming soon STANDALONE: You do not need to read book 1 before this.