Sheriff Hanna never knew why Ash left all those years ago. At least, she never believed what they told her about why the foster brother she had fallen in love with disappeared without a trace. But none of that matters now, not the broken heart or the unanswered questions, not when the woman she’s promised to protect has disappeared, and Ash is the only one she trusts to help.
The only one she trusts to save them all.
Ash became the one thing he needed most when he was young—a protector, a fighter for the vulnerable. But right now the only person he seems to be fighting with is his motorcycle club captain, Nicco, who refuses to let anyone in after the terrible events of the last year. Nicco is wasting away before Ash’s eyes, and it’s breaking his heart—not that Ash’s best friend and the man who saved him from Hell has any idea how Ash truly feels—and Ash has every plan of keeping it that way.
Until his past comes knocking on the door in the form of a stubborn redhead he’s never been able to forget.
Nicco is ready to walk away. He’s spent the last year licking his wounds and healing from his past and he’s ready to hand the club over and be done once and for all. The problem is that the club is the only thing keeping him going, and giving it up feels like letting the darkness win, darkness Nicco has been battling for far too long.
Darkness only Ash seems to notice.
Of course, Ash is the only person who has ever truly understood Nicco in the ways that matter. Ash, and apparently his tornado of a foster sister, who descends on his club, his life, and his world with all the subtlety of an explosion. Hanna sees, feels, and wants too much from both of them—and the unbelievable thing is that Nicco finds he’ll do just about anything to make her happy.
And just about anything to make Ash happy.
Healing isn’t linear, as it turns out. But opening your heart to the right person—or people—can make all the difference.
As long as they stay out of the line of fire. And that’s something the three of them have never been very good at, especially as dangerous secrets are revealed and powerful men threaten everything that matters to them.
That’s the thing about survivors, though. They’ll fight, battle-worn, bloody knuckled, and covered in mud until the very end for the people they love. And the chance of happiness is always worth the war.
