Protecting Her Pride

Okay, sure, take a picture. I know you want to. Trust me, I'm used to it. I've been in the public eye since I was fifteen years old. And now a decade later, I am one of the most recognizable faces on earth. But fame can sometimes come at a high cost. Like my recently discovered stalker intent on kidnapping and chopping me into a thousand pieces. And I'm freaked out. So I call the only person who I know I can trust. The man who was like a father to me and who led my security team my entire career. Except he's also the man I fired eight months ago when I was drunk and upset that he had punched my boyfriend (not that I could really blame him, my boyfriend is kind of an idiot). So I decide to go back and beg him to come back and work for me. Except he's now retired. But he has another idea. His son: Roman. My first kiss. My first love. My first everything. The boy who I dumped two days before he was set to be deployed to Iraq. The boy who's heart I broke. The boy who has cruelly haunted all my dreams ever since. Except he's not a boy anymore. No, he is most definitely all man. And while he agrees to help me out, be my bodyguard until my creepy stalker is captured, he obviously still hates me. And I can't blame him. I hate myself, too. But when my stalker starts to escalate, and I realize this threat is serious, Roman is the only one I can turn to. But how can I ever reveal the truth of why I had to break his heart seven years ago? I have to protect my pride. Content Warning: Please be aware this book contains references to a prior sexual assault.