If I Ever Forgive You
(2026)Staying Changes Everything
(A book in the Safely Dangerous series)
A novel by Sasha Clark
For 187 nights, I slept beside a man who never existed.
James Hollister cooked in my kitchen. Slept in my bed. Learned every inch of my body.
Then he disappeared.
Three years later, the man standing at my door has the same face, the same hands, the same mouth—
and a badge with somebody else’s name on it.
Patrick Corrigan.
He was undercover while I loved him.
I was never his target.
But apparently, loving me made his lies easier to believe.
Now something from his old case has surfaced in my conservation studio, and keeping me safe means putting Patrick close enough to remember everything I spent three years trying to forget.
How I kissed him.
How I wanted him.
How easily my body still knows his.
He remembers exactly where to touch me.
The difference is, now he stops before assuming he still has the right.
And somehow, that is much more dangerous.
Because I already know what it feels like to love a man without knowing the truth.
What terrifies me is wanting Patrick now that I do.
Secret identity. Second chance. Forced proximity. A protective detective. One woman who has every reason to keep him out—and a body that remembers exactly why she once let him in.
A high-heat contemporary romance with no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
James Hollister cooked in my kitchen. Slept in my bed. Learned every inch of my body.
Then he disappeared.
Three years later, the man standing at my door has the same face, the same hands, the same mouth—
and a badge with somebody else’s name on it.
Patrick Corrigan.
He was undercover while I loved him.
I was never his target.
But apparently, loving me made his lies easier to believe.
Now something from his old case has surfaced in my conservation studio, and keeping me safe means putting Patrick close enough to remember everything I spent three years trying to forget.
How I kissed him.
How I wanted him.
How easily my body still knows his.
He remembers exactly where to touch me.
The difference is, now he stops before assuming he still has the right.
And somehow, that is much more dangerous.
Because I already know what it feels like to love a man without knowing the truth.
What terrifies me is wanting Patrick now that I do.
Secret identity. Second chance. Forced proximity. A protective detective. One woman who has every reason to keep him out—and a body that remembers exactly why she once let him in.
A high-heat contemporary romance with no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
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