If there’s one thing Shane Thompson and Max Mullins have in common, it’s that they’ve both suffered enough loss to last a lifetime, but the similarities stop there. Being a former Navy seal who’s endured more loss than I care for, I’ve been cautious about who I let into my life. I’ve spent years closed off to the idea of love, and don’t bother letting anyone get close enough to ever have to fear losing them. I’ve got my dog and my best friend; I don’t need anyone else. Or at least that’s what I thought until Shane Thompson rolled into town. With an untimely run-in, every belief I’ve set in place for myself begins to crumble slowly. I find solace in her I’ve never experienced and feel a connection with her I never set out to make. Being cheated on, leaving my dream job and moving across the country to avoid being homeless really tested my ability to stay optimistic through any situation. But that’s what I do, look for the bright side. Running into Max Mullins was another test that I did not study for. He may have started as the grump who ruined my favorite sweatshirt, but he’s quickly becoming so much more. I am finding myself trusting him and falling for him more every time I am around him. But when someone from my life in San Francisco shows up threatening what we’ve become, Max makes a decision he’ll soon regret. Now the only question is, can he rectify his hasty decision and mend what’s been broken?

Working at a bar was the last thing Tank Landry ever saw himself doing after leaving the Marines. But, after meeting Ruby Ranes, the single mom who was assigned to train him, his feelings started to change. All I needed was a temporary job, something to fill the void leaving the military left behind. Little did I know, walking into that bar would end in me finding my reason for...everything. All I've ever wanted was to give my son a good life. To make him feel safe and loved above all else, which meant there wasn't room for anyone new in my life. Especially not romantically. Until one day, a certain Marine walked in and changed...everything.

First they were friends, then they were nothing—until he got tires of pretending she wasn’t everything to him. Leah—It’s a tale as old as time and the number one rule of friendship—you don’t fall for your best friends older brother. But, what happens when the crush you’ve harbored for said brother turns into more, after building a friendship with him you can’t fathom losing? I’ll tell you what, you end up heartbroken anyways. Sawyer—She’s the one person I was never supposed to want, and the only person I’ve never been able to he out of my head—my little sister’s best friend. When the reality hits that I could lose her forever, if I played my hand wrong, I make a last ditch effort to save what we have—only to end up ruining it all in the end. But, I’m back now and I’m not leaving again, not until I have my girl.

One night in New York was all it took to shake up their lives. For him, it was unforgettable. For her? It was the memory she could never recover. If there’s one thing the people closest to me can be sure about, it’s that I thrive on structure. So when a millionaire sales agent from New York shows up in my life, seemingly determined to give me hell at every turn, I’m forced out of my comfortable normalcy and into a world full of eye rolls and icy glares. Not realizing that he might just be the very change I needed in my life. Every part of my life has been planned for me, long before I was born, and while most people would think inheriting a billion dollar real estate empire is every person’s dream, it’s never been mine. Like everything else, it was never my choice. But the troublemaker that stumbles into my life with light eyes and looks that could kill? She’s my choice. And I’ll be damned if someone tries to take that away.