A runaway bride. A broken warrior. Dutiful. Subservient. Perfect. Colbie Bennington has been trained from a young age to be obedient. But walking down the aisle with purple welts on her forearm was never a part of her dream wedding. Away from the chaos of her life, she’s looking for a fresh start. Her quiet and mysterious landlord isn’t part of the plan. But his hard-muscled body and smoldering smiles are difficult to ignore. Too trapped in a mental war to be at peace and too damaged to be at war, romance is the last thing on Navy Seal, Zander Serrano’s mind. Colbie is a wounded bird. Everything he should stay away from. Yet, for the first time since returning from war, he feels emotion, hot all-consuming. Two broken souls. Each with their own scars. The attraction is undeniable. Unexpected. Will they heal each other? Or destroy themselves beyond repair?

Choices have consequences… Every decision is a combination of good and bad. That’s what Delia Clarke has always believed. Live. Learn. Leave behind regret. Except for the one she’ll carry always—of a boy with wild eyes, strong hands, and a poet’s heart. Some choices turn our hearts to stone… At the age of eighteen Maximus Serrano fell hard for the free-spirited Delia. Their romance was swift. Blinding. An exquisite form of self-destruction. Over a decade later, they are once again tempted by the passion that previously consumed them. Sparks fly, and emotions rise to the surface. But actions in the past cannot be denied or undone. It’s been said life is an expression of the choices we make. Some break us. Some heal us. Some turn out to be . . . everything.