Kirjahaku

On the brink of losing everything, the last thing she needs is him, a mistake she made three years ago that almost broke her.She's Alexandria Arlington of Arlington Farm, guarded, proud and fiercely independent. She doesn't need rescuing.But when Jay arrives back in her life unexpectedly, it's with an offer Alex can't refuse.Slowly, Jay's determination and sizzling touches remind Alex just how badly she needs to protect herself and her family from him.When painful secrets begin to surface and local cop, Edward adds his own dark agenda, Alex is suddenly fighting for so much more than just her heart.Jay spent three years searching for her. Now that he's found her, there's no way he's going to let her slip from his grasp a second time. He's willing to fight for forever, and he'll settle for nothing less than her whole heart.Until one secret changes everything.

"You're hiding something, Rain, and I'm going to find it." Archer's eyes narrow to green slits before he turns for the door.I shrug nonchalantly at his retreating form. I have nothing to hide.Except a sudden chill reaches into my lungs, and in the darkest, foggiest corners of my soul there's a new, niggling feeling that perhaps I do... With a new name and blank file, Rain's just been placed in the last foster home she'll ever need before she comes of age, and she intends to wait out her time peacefully under the radar. But when the fog in her head shifts, the shadows begin to crawl with depraved enemies desperate to keep Rain's memories a secret. ...And the man she loves is keeping the biggest secret of all.

Cursed with perfect recall, the horrifying and brutal events that unfolded on my eleventh birthday left me fractured and in a constant state of hypervigilance.Seven years on, I'm still fighting to navigate the panic attacks triggered off by the slightest things;The nearness of a man.A heated look.Insidious whispers.The barest touch.Enter Axel, a mountain of a man running from the demons of his own damaged past.One step, one minute, one breath at a time, my unexpected ally stretches the boundaries of all my triggers. My skin doesn't crawl from his gentle touches. His seemingly endless patience helps me feel strong and resilient. Worth something.I start to think that maybe, just maybe, there is a light waiting for me in the darkness after all.That is until a chain of events lead me right back to where I started. Events set off by Axel, the one man who swore he'd protect me...