by Laura Kaye
First published 2012
Army Special Forces Sergeant Brady Scott returns stateside after his superiors order him to control his anger. His childhood with an alcoholic, abusive father convinced him never to marry or have children. Brady wants a simple distraction when his neighbor Joss Daniels offers him one night of no-strings sex. Joss runs a community center and guards her heart carefully. Orphaned young, she refuses to risk abandonment again. But Brady makes her laugh and forget her rules. Their single night becomes something neither expected. When Joss learns she carries Brady's child, his rejection crushes her. Both must confront the wounds their pasts carved into them. Brady's military training taught him to fight external enemies, not the demons his father left behind. Joss built walls to protect herself, but those same barriers now keep out the love she craves. They found safety in each other's arms, yet fear threatens to destroy what they built together.
Genres: romance, military-fiction, suspense, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
230 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Content warnings: abuse, domestic-violence, physical-abuse