The whole world wanted her. I wanted her more. Four times a night I’d wake to kiss my blonde beauty, enjoying the way she sighed against my lips, making me feel more content than I’d ever been. We’d made it through the worst—or so we thought. The woman I loved was now in demand, and our surprising new romance gathered a dangerous amount of attention, which lured out the snakes from our pasts. With everyone trying to tear us apart, our futures were no longer certain, but I wasn’t willing to go down without a fight. Not all men are like me. I’m Marcus goddamn Anderson. The damaged. The healed. The lover. The one who never quits. And I had a woman to protect. The woman I’d already given up everything for. The only thing I had left to lose was her… That stunning, forever kind of love of mine.

• Marcus Anderson.