She Kept His Secret, He Kept Missing Her
Seven years ago, Reese Colton vanished on the only man she ever loved. No note. No goodbye. No forwarding anything. She let Eli Ward believe she'd simply walked out on him — because the truth would have gotten him killed.
She was carrying two secrets the night she ran: a death sentence with Eli's name on it, called in by the crew her estranged father rode with, and a baby she hadn't told anyone about yet. As long as she stayed, Eli was a target. So she did the only thing that could pull the crosshairs off his back — she disappeared, cut every tie, and raised their son alone, in a town a county away, under a name that couldn't be traced back to a patched man in Halden.
Eli spent those seven years missing her. Not hunting for her — his pride never let him crawl after a woman who left — just missing her, in the low quiet way a man misses the thing he never got to fight for. He never knew there was a boy with his hands and his stubborn jaw. He never knew she left to save his life.
Now the threat is finally dead, and there's nothing left to protect Eli from — which means there's nothing left for Reese to hide behind. When their worlds collide again and Eli does the terrible arithmetic on a bright, wary six-year-old named Bo, the secret she carried alone for seven years cracks wide open.
But a father's rage at the years he lost is easy. Earning his way into a child's guarded trust — and a woman's, after she spent seven years learning she could survive anything alone — is not. Reese was the protector who never let him choose the risk himself. Eli was the proud man who never came looking. If they're going to be a family, it will be slow, and it will be on her terms, and it will cost them both the armor that kept them alive apart.
An emotional, found-family motorcycle club second-chance secret-baby romance about a sacrifice made in love, seven stolen years, and two people learning to lay down their armor. No cheating, no other woman — just a mother who gave up everything to keep him breathing, a father meeting his son, and a family worth the reckoning. Full-length novel with a guaranteed happily-ever-after.
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She was carrying two secrets the night she ran: a death sentence with Eli's name on it, called in by the crew her estranged father rode with, and a baby she hadn't told anyone about yet. As long as she stayed, Eli was a target. So she did the only thing that could pull the crosshairs off his back — she disappeared, cut every tie, and raised their son alone, in a town a county away, under a name that couldn't be traced back to a patched man in Halden.
Eli spent those seven years missing her. Not hunting for her — his pride never let him crawl after a woman who left — just missing her, in the low quiet way a man misses the thing he never got to fight for. He never knew there was a boy with his hands and his stubborn jaw. He never knew she left to save his life.
Now the threat is finally dead, and there's nothing left to protect Eli from — which means there's nothing left for Reese to hide behind. When their worlds collide again and Eli does the terrible arithmetic on a bright, wary six-year-old named Bo, the secret she carried alone for seven years cracks wide open.
But a father's rage at the years he lost is easy. Earning his way into a child's guarded trust — and a woman's, after she spent seven years learning she could survive anything alone — is not. Reese was the protector who never let him choose the risk himself. Eli was the proud man who never came looking. If they're going to be a family, it will be slow, and it will be on her terms, and it will cost them both the armor that kept them alive apart.
An emotional, found-family motorcycle club second-chance secret-baby romance about a sacrifice made in love, seven stolen years, and two people learning to lay down their armor. No cheating, no other woman — just a mother who gave up everything to keep him breathing, a father meeting his son, and a family worth the reckoning. Full-length novel with a guaranteed happily-ever-after.
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