The Protective - La série

It’s been seven years since Quinn Walker ended our engagement and left me with a broken heart. I’ve moved on, married his enemy, and started my own family. Everything was perfect…until it wasn’t. My new life was a lie, and my husband turned out to be a fraud. The man that I married was now a wanted fugitive, and my ex-fiancé was the cop who was intent on making him pay. He’s convinced that a simple apology and a dimpled smile is enough to fix that broken heart that he tore apart years ago. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep him at a distance. Yet, all it takes is one kiss, one touch for me to remember how great our love was before he threw it away. Little does he know that I’m not the young, foolish girl who he left behind. If he thinks he can waltz back into my life like the past never happened, he has another thing coming. I can accept that fate sent him back to me. Now, I need to assure my foolish heart that this means nothing.

A one-night stand wouldn't hurt, right? That's what I told myself while I was stranded at the hotel bar in the middle of a snow storm. I thought indulging in a night of passion with the good-looking detective would be a great idea. I couldn't have been more wrong. Apparently, seeing him again was inevitable, especially when fate kept putting him in my path.

I had the perfect life until tragedy struck, turning my world upside down. Now I'm focused on picking up the pieces and starting over. Easier said than done, right? The last thing I needed was the lingering stare from the sexy-as-sin homicide detective. And those soft touches, making me feel things I wasn't ready for. I tried to keep things casual, but lines started to blur, and instead of pushing him away, I found myself pulling him closer. I wanted to pretend that his kisses weren’t bringing me back to life. I tried to hide the smile that would break out whenever he entered a room. I convinced myself that nothing was happening because he was the type of man a woman like me tried to avoid…. sexy, charming, and way too confident for his own good. Losing my first love almost destroyed me. I wouldn't survive it a second time. So, when the unexpected happened, and our relationship was put to the test, I found my newly built life hanging in the balance. And it might just turn out to be more complicated than I can handle. Perhaps I should have listened to that little voice in my head after all. He told me I could have whatever I want, but why does the one I want have to be the one I can't have?