𝑊 𝑒 𝑙 𝑐 𝑜 𝑚 𝑒 𝑏 𝑎 𝑐 𝑘 𝑡 𝑜 𝑁 𝑜 𝑤 ℎ 𝑒 𝑟 𝑒 , 𝑡 ℎ 𝑒 𝑡 𝑜 𝑤 𝑛 𝑤 ℎ 𝑒 𝑟 𝑒 𝑝 𝑒 𝑜 𝑝 𝑙 𝑒 𝑐 𝑜 𝑚 𝑒 𝑡 𝑜 𝑏 𝑒 𝑓 𝑜 𝑟 𝑔 𝑜 𝑡 𝑡 𝑒 𝑛 . . .
Life has taught me that love is an illusion.
It's built to create a false sense of security.
The second you allow yourself to succumb to it, it'll destroy you and strip you of everything you've ever wanted.
That's why I don't let my guard down and why I don't allow myself to trust easily.
Especially when my ex-husband's best friend shows up in the small town I've been hiding in for years.
He insists that he's there to protect me, but the closer he gets, the more secrets I uncover. My instinct is to keep my walls up and not let him in. But Dom is relentless in showing his love for me, and soon, those walls are crumbling faster than I can stop them.
As my dangerous past catches up with us, I realize there is nothing I won't do to protect my new life and the people who have become my family.
Now, with everything on the line, I'm forced to make high-stakes bets. I never went looking for love, but it found me anyway. Now that it's within reach, I have to decide if the future I've always dreamed of is worth the ultimate risk.
Content Warnings:
Violence (not between main characters)
Murder
Sexual abuse- mentioned in brief detail- side character
Mentions of rape and extreme abuse (side character, off page)
Brief mentions of miscarriage (side character, off page)
Description of past spousal abuse, physical and verbal. Not between main characters.
Description of past rape by former spouse (main character, brief description). Not between main characters.