I'm Max. I keep my distance. But not from her. A wounded dove with tons of baggage wrapped into an irresistibly sexy little package. Protecting her becomes my obsession, not saving her, my ultimate failure.

Milli:

I stopped believing when I was ten years old.

Guardian Angels are a myth. Heroes just a fantasy.

Even my own mother a monster.

My past still haunts me, the wounds running deep and though I fight back, I also hide.

In my small home town, in my grandfather's grocery store, behind my books, and my computer...

But I can't hide from him.

He sees me... all of me.

And I can't look away either.

Max:

Solitude and silence have led me here. And I got a job to do.

SOG is my team. My brothers. My mission after leaving the service.

But besides that, all I want for my life is peace and quiet.

And she's anything but.

A wounded dove with tons of baggage wrapped into an irresistibly sexy little package.

Protecting her becomes my obsession, not saving her, my ultimate failure.

Every single member of our rag-tag family has an opinion about us, but the only opinion that counts is hers.

Can she forgive me?

Will she open up again?

Because I would do anything to make her feel safe, cherished and whole. Like she does for me.

I just need an in.

A minute alone to tell her I can't live without her.

She has all the power.

Which both of us never expected...