I’ve loved Kerry from the moment she kicked my ass in a game of basketball.

My carebear.

I had plans for us, plans that included my ring on her finger. But one night of stupidity and betrayal ended up costing us everything!

She left me and married someone else, breaking my heart.

After 10 years away, she’s back, but gone is the girl I once knew. She doesn’t laugh or smile, and I want to know why.

I want my second chance. I want what I was supposed to have all along.

Her as mine. Forever.

I wasn't looking for a relationship, much less to fall for a gorgeous, snarky, close-mouthed bartender with a mysterious past and 3 children in her care. But when has life ever gone as planned? She moves into one of my rentals, and we begin an unlikely friendship. A friendship that I wouldn't mind turning into more. Specifically, more being my mouth all over her body. Now she and the people she loves the most are in danger, and I'll be damned if I'm not around to help her fight the evil inching its way closer by the second. She and her adorable children are becoming a very important part of my life.

My world is shattered by a terrible turn of events. The only bright light in my life is my daughter. That is until my mysterious upstairs neighbor enters my life bringing back a spark I thought had died a long time ago.