When their plane crashes on a deserted island, Commander Kit Laughlin finds herself stranded with the last person she wants to see: Commander Bond Archer-arrogant, insufferable, and absolutely impossible to resist.

Survival demands they work together, but Kit has no intention of taking orders from him. She's spent her entire career proving she doesn't need to bow to anyone-especially not a man like Archer. His authority grates on her, his confidence infuriates her, and the way he commands every situation makes her blood boil.

But in their isolated tropical paradise, resistance becomes harder to maintain. Archer is relentless, methodical, and impossibly in control of everything around them. And somehow, impossibly, Kit finds herself drawn to the very thing she's fought against: the security of his dominance, the freedom in surrendering to his will.

The more she resists, the more she craves it. The more he demands her submission, the more she realizes how badly she needs it. What begins as antagonism transforms into something far more dangerous-a power dynamic that neither of them can deny.

Stranded with limited resources and unlimited tension, Kit will discover that sometimes the strongest resistance masks the deepest need. And Archer will learn that true dominance means understanding exactly when-and how-to break through her defenses.