After serving ten years in prison for a crime tied to his best friend’s betrayal, Bear Pressley is released hardened, vengeful, and unprepared for real connection—until a desperate job as a professional cuddler leads him to Kenyatta, a woman who sees beyond his past. When Bear discovers she’s the ex of the man who destroyed his life and the mother of a child he’s grown to love, he must choose between revenge and the fragile, dangerous hope of family and love.