Erick Powell thinks he's died and gone to heaven when he first sets eyes on the hunky, dark haired cop with the bluest eyes he'd ever seen. Erick is disappointed when Declan invites him to sit at their table and he realizes it is at the request of his sister, Rosie. Orphaned by his father who is doing time in a prison Erick doesn't want to know about, he was taken in by his uncle when he was young, a man who has been in and out of trouble with the law and is insanely homophobic. Erick has been warned to keep his sexuality under wraps. When he agrees to date Rosie to keep his uncle happy and at the hopes of seeing her brother again, things begin to unravel. Mysteries are uncovered that will connect Erick and Declan in a way they never expected.