Lacey Talbot had a safe and loving childhood despite being raised in a residential home for kids, and the day she met Charlotte and Oli Hart, it felt like she had been truly blessed. Now training to be qualified in social care, she's giving back to the system that saved her from a life of danger and poverty.So, why does she feel like she needs more when she has everything she never thought possible? A career, family love and friends who would be there for her no matter what, just don't seem enough.Lacey wants a love to call her own, to start living her life for real but there is one thing missing, someone to love - a guy who will return that love that just as hard.Tommy Sevens, is the dependable local business owner. He's never short of female company but his bachelor life is turned upside down by an unexpected visitor. When he reaches out for help, he ends up with more than he bargained for when Lacey comes to the rescue.What starts out as a professional relationship, turns into so much more when Tommy realizes he can't resist Lacey anymore. She's a beautiful, unforeseen surprise who steals his heart and makes him want more, he's that guy that Lacey has been yearning for.There’s just one thing that stands in their way, his close friends who also happen to be Lacey's foster parents.Formerly published as Deserved