I came back to Willow Hill to rebuild my life.
Not to face the man I left behind.
And definitely not to tell him the little boy beside me is his son.
Davis Montgomery was supposed to stay in my past.
The mistake I never got over.
The heartbreak I never healed from.
The man I loved too much to survive losing twice.
But small towns have a way of dragging old secrets into the light.
Now Davis knows the truth.
He knows about our son.
And instead of walking away, he wants in.
He wants bedtime stories, Saturday mornings, sticky little hands in his, and a second chance I swore I would never give him.
The problem is, Davis still looks at me like I am the woman he never stopped wanting.
And every time he touches me, every time he shows up, every time he looks at our son like he has finally found the missing piece of himself, I forget all the reasons I should protect my heart.
But love is not the same as trust.
And when the past comes back with sharp edges, I have to decide if Davis is really ready to fight for us…
Or if choosing him means risking the only person who matters more than my heart.
My son.
I Should Have Stayed Away is a steamy small-town second chance romance with a secret child, a protective hero, high emotion, and the kind of love that refuses to stay buried.
• Small-town romance
• Second-chance love
• Secret child romance
• Protective heroes
• High heat and high emotion
• ‘He falls first’ energy
• Found family and small-town drama
Genre: Romance
Not to face the man I left behind.
And definitely not to tell him the little boy beside me is his son.
Davis Montgomery was supposed to stay in my past.
The mistake I never got over.
The heartbreak I never healed from.
The man I loved too much to survive losing twice.
But small towns have a way of dragging old secrets into the light.
Now Davis knows the truth.
He knows about our son.
And instead of walking away, he wants in.
He wants bedtime stories, Saturday mornings, sticky little hands in his, and a second chance I swore I would never give him.
The problem is, Davis still looks at me like I am the woman he never stopped wanting.
And every time he touches me, every time he shows up, every time he looks at our son like he has finally found the missing piece of himself, I forget all the reasons I should protect my heart.
But love is not the same as trust.
And when the past comes back with sharp edges, I have to decide if Davis is really ready to fight for us…
Or if choosing him means risking the only person who matters more than my heart.
My son.
I Should Have Stayed Away is a steamy small-town second chance romance with a secret child, a protective hero, high emotion, and the kind of love that refuses to stay buried.
• Small-town romance
• Second-chance love
• Secret child romance
• Protective heroes
• High heat and high emotion
• ‘He falls first’ energy
• Found family and small-town drama
Genre: Romance
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