I was supposed to save lives, not fall apart inside one. I work in a neonatal ICU—precision, protocol, no room for mistakes. Then Eli Rourke walked in, inked and furious, carrying a baby that wasn’t supposed to survive and a heart that didn’t believe it deserved to. He was everything I wasn’t allowed to want. A broken ex-soldier turned tattoo artist. A man who spoke in obedience and bled gentleness when he thought no one was watching. The kind of danger that doesn’t shout—it waits, quiet and patient, until you can’t look away. I told myself to keep the line clean. I wrote rules on paper, taped them to my fridge, and followed every one. Until I didn’t. Because what do you do when the man you’re supposed to help learns how to read your breath like scripture? When control stops being a defense and starts being a language between two survivors who don’t know how to love any other way? He calls me ma’am when he’s steady. He calls me mine when he’s shaking. And I let him, because sometimes power isn’t what you take—it’s what you give. Trouble Baby is a dark, deeply emotional romance about trauma recovery, consent, and the kind of love that rebuilds from the ashes. It’s slow-burn heat meets raw healing, a story for readers who crave possessive heroes, strong heroines, and love that’s both filthy and safe.