Grace Surtees has everything carefully under control - her work life, her home life and her love life - especially her love life.
But then her boss hires Tate Jefferson, a brash American, to spice up the gallery tours his company provides. Messy and fond of breaking rules, Tate explodes into her tidy existence like a paintball, and Grace hates everything about him...
... doesn't she?
Because, for Grace, the alternative would be simply too terrifying to contemplate: to love Tate rather than hate him would mean leaping out of her comfort zone, and Grace's devotion to order hides some long-kept secrets... secrets that she's sure someone like Tate Jefferson could never accept or understand.