I gave my heart to a Navy SEAL.
He took it with him to his grave.
Eleven years later, ignoring the yawning void is as automatic as breathing. Working brutal hours, dating a comfortably commitment-phobic guy, hanging with my best friends. Anything until exhaustionтАФor an extra glass of wineтАФclaims my consciousness.
My neighborтАЩs handsome, enigmatic son invades my comfort zone.
He says heтАЩs a tattoo artist. But Anderson HawkinsтАЩ piercing green eyes, mastery of the short answer, weird schedule, and military ink tell a different story.
His touch ignites a long-dead flame inside me. A flame IтАЩm afraid to examine too closely, even as IтАЩm drawn to its heat.
Anderson
I retired from Delta Force
Now I work at a high-intelligence security agency
But working undercover isnтАЩt the adrenaline rush it used to be.
For one thing, my MomтАЩs illness shifted my priorities to finding a way to save her. For another, her neighbor next door, whose prickly defenses belie the unflinchingly caring heart underneath, has slipped under my skin. Now my mission is to convince her itтАЩs safe to unlock her heart. Because IтАЩm ready to give her mine.
Note:┬аThis contemporary romance contains a wary, overworked doctor whoтАЩs a military widow in every way but name, an ex-military hero accustomed to treading dangerous ground, brought together by a few unexpected twists and turnsтАФand maybe the machinations of a cute dog.
Claudia is an award-winning,┬аUSA Today┬аbestselling author. She writes alluring, thrilling stories about complicated women and the men who take their breath away. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and her youngest two children. She has a sweet Bichon, Macey, who thinks sheтАЩs the ruler of the house. SheтАЩs only partially right. When Claudia is not writing, you can find her reading, knitting, or just hanging out with her family. At night, she likes to binge-watch shows with her equally geeky husband.