I never planned to stay here.
Not in the house where my mother died.
Not in the shadow of a marriage that turned toxic.
And definitely not with the man I hired to fix a few broken walls—
Only to find out he could see right through mine.
Heath Carrington is six foot four of hard-edged, sharp-eyed Navy SEAL.
Combat medic. Quiet. Steady. Infuriating.
The kind of man who gets under your skin fast—
The kind who doesn’t walk away when things get messy.
But I didn’t come here to be rescued.
I came to disappear.
To get the hell out of my ex-husband’s grip.
To claw back my independence and stand on my own two feet again.
Even if I’m still looking over my shoulder.
Even if the nightmares haven’t stopped.
Even if every day I tell myself I don’t need help.
Especially not from a man like Heath.
Especially not the one I can’t stop fantasizing about.
But when the past catches up to me in the most brutal way,
He’s the one who shows up.
Not just to fight for me—
But to stay.
Now I have a choice:
Keep pretending I don’t need anyone.
Or finally let someone in.
Even if the scariest thing I’ll ever do
Is stop running—and let myself be loved.
Genre: Romance
Not in the house where my mother died.
Not in the shadow of a marriage that turned toxic.
And definitely not with the man I hired to fix a few broken walls—
Only to find out he could see right through mine.
Heath Carrington is six foot four of hard-edged, sharp-eyed Navy SEAL.
Combat medic. Quiet. Steady. Infuriating.
The kind of man who gets under your skin fast—
The kind who doesn’t walk away when things get messy.
But I didn’t come here to be rescued.
I came to disappear.
To get the hell out of my ex-husband’s grip.
To claw back my independence and stand on my own two feet again.
Even if I’m still looking over my shoulder.
Even if the nightmares haven’t stopped.
Even if every day I tell myself I don’t need help.
Especially not from a man like Heath.
Especially not the one I can’t stop fantasizing about.
But when the past catches up to me in the most brutal way,
He’s the one who shows up.
Not just to fight for me—
But to stay.
Now I have a choice:
Keep pretending I don’t need anyone.
Or finally let someone in.
Even if the scariest thing I’ll ever do
Is stop running—and let myself be loved.
Genre: Romance
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