Max. A self-proclaimed broken, foul mouthed girl, who rides motorcycles and has a penchant for baking when stressed. She's sworn off men and relies solely on the comfort of her 3 best friends, and her dog in order to get through life. When a loud, cocky, and drop dead gorgeous, asshole of a new neighbor moves in across the street, she finds herself battling between letting him in, or continuing to shut him out like she's done with the rest of the world for the last four years to protect herself; body, mind, and soul. Ideal neighbors are the ones she never has to meet or speak to, but Abel insists on popping up in her life at every turn.Abel. The asshole new neighbor who just moved back to his hometown in Deacon Hill, North Carolina with one goal in mind: Open his custom bike shop with his 3 best friends. The only time for women he has in his life are for the kind that give him what he wants and leave right after. Nothing more, nothing less. But when his new neighbor shows up on his lawn, venom dripping from her lips, and threatening to send him into anaphylactic shock with cookies he told her he's allergic to, he finds himself enthralled and drawn to the feisty woman Can Max allow a man into her life again after what happened last time? Will Abel stick around to earn her trust when he finds out what demons she has lurking in her past?