Emma Anderson's career was thriving. Her personal life too--but she knew--it was all a ticking time bomb until everything blows up. What happens then? Even if his relationship with Emma was going great, Bass Cole still had a long way to go to make amends after the grief he'd caused Emma last year. No matter what the future held for them, he knew one thing--Emma owned his heart. But will his love enough to fight the odds? Losing the one woman he wanted more than anything, Carter Mason wasn't ready to move on--or let her go. Even though he and Emma remained friends, deep inside, he longed and hoped to be have her all to himself. He knew that Bass's doom was looming and he'd make sure he'd be there for Emma. Both wanted the same woman. Both loved her to distraction. Both made gargantuan mistakes to hurt her. After all, didn't they say it was all fair in LOVE and WAR?