A young alcoholic in recovery is caught between his need to stay on the straight and narrow and a love he can’t deny in this romance series debut.
Six months into recovery, Ezra Mackenzie is only slightly less of a disaster than he used to be. He can hardly manage the cinnamon rolls for his best friend Anja’s wedding brunch. He has a lot of work to do before he can look himself in the mirror and like what he sees—let alone re-enter the dating world. After all, what kind of woman would be interested in a screw-up like him? An incredibly alluring one, as it turns out.
From the moment they meet, Ezra and Juliana are drawn to each other—and that’s exactly why he tries to keep his distance. He knows that romance ought to come second to his shaky new sobriety. But self-control has never been his strong suit. As he nears the one-year mark in his recovery, Ezra’s demons refuse to stay buried and his desire to be the man Juliana deserves can’t compete with the fix he never stops craving