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Summary

Zoey Chandler has spent the last year quaking in her boots, scared of her shadow . . . and the male population in general.So when Deputy Chase Manning, her brother's best friend, moves back to their small hometown after years in a metropolitan police department, she is both wary and intrigued when she realizes he shares traumas as deeply scarring as her own.In an effort to return a semblance of safety and strength to Zoey's life, Chase makes a proposal: he wants to train her in self-defense techniques to better protect her . . . and her infant child.But Chase has a secret; he's been offered his own proposal, one that if he chooses to accept, could very well destroy the life Zoey has fought so hard to build. 
 
Contains mature themes.

Publishing date: 2026-06-23; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2023. Copyright Statment: —

• Contemporary Fiction
• Romance