Evergreen

In the beautiful, evergreen state of Washington, the uber-rich send their teenage and young adult children to the exclusive private Auburn College of Fine Arts, where the teachers', parents' and even the students' lives and loves collide. Beautiful professor Emory Grace loves her job teaching at one of Washington's most prestigious private colleges, but her private life is a mess. Her much-older husband, Ray, a Harvard professor, is an abusive, controlling monster and Emory makes up her mind to leave him and serves him divorce papers. The peace she finds while teaching at Auburn is shattered when a colleague goes on a murderous rampage, killing both teachers and students and Emory is caught in the crossfire. Rescuing a student, she sacrifices her own safety and is badly wounded. The student she saves, Bree, is the daughter of billionaire businessman, Luca Saffran, who, at the time of the massacre was locked in a divorce battle with his wife, Clementine. When Luca meets Emory and thanks her for saving his daughter, there is an immediate attraction. Luca discovers the abuse that Emory's much older husband, Professor Ray Grace has subjected her to and offers her safe haven. But Ray won't let Emory go without a fight. . Will Emory's physical and mental scars prevent her from ever trusting a man again, even if that man is as alluring and enigmatic as Luca Saffran? And will her violent ex-husband ruin any chance she has for happiness?