Perception — Kaithlin Shepherd

When your future is threatened, sometimes your past is the answer. One look at Annabelle Stevens and no would never know she's a top Assistant US Attorney. When a new boss assigns her to an elite DEA-led taskforce, she's put in close proximity with the one man she can't shake: Connor Evans. For years, she's been in love with him, and for years, he's played yo-yo with her heart. Abandoned by his parents, tossed around from one foster home to the next until his best friend's family took him in, Connor Evans is the proverbial bad boy with a badge. For more than ten years, he's kept Annabelle at a distance, convinced that his kind of screwed-up doesn't belong anywhere near her. When one case muddles the line between personal and professional, mistakes are made. Connor has no choice but to step up if he wants to win her trust and her heart back.