Pieces of Us (Hardcover)

From NYT and USA Today bestselling author A.L. Jackson comes a single-parent, second-chance romance...<br/><br/>Izzy Lane was everything I never deserved.<br/>Sweet and kind.<br/>Beautiful in a way that stole my breath.<br/>I started crawling through her window when I was just a boy to escape the brutality of my father.<br/>She became my best friend.<br/>My safe haven.<br/>The girl I'd do anything to protect.<br/>Only what she really needed protecting from was me.<br/><br/>I left town when Maxon Chambers broke my heart at seventeen.<br/>For years, he refused my calls.<br/>It devasted me even more he pretended we'd even existed.<br/>Thirteen years later, I'm back with the son he doesn't know we share.<br/>Now, he's grown into a man I know I should resist, but who makes my knees weak.<br/>Sexier than sin and more tempting than ever.<br/>A detective on the Charleston force, he lives on the outside of safety, devoted to protecting the people of his city.<br/><br/>But with the way he's looking at me now? I'm pretty sure what needs protecting is my heart.<br/>Can we mend the pieces of us? Or will the danger that ruined our pasts steal the hope of our future. . .<br/><br/>*CW's available on my website.