Logan Bane always knew he wasn’t good enough for Ella Perez.
He was just a confused kid in a bad neighborhood. Ella was smart and beautiful, brilliant and special. When she looked at him, it was like feeling the sun on his face for the first time. Then she left him behind for bigger and better things, and Logan promised himself he’d never let someone cut him so deep again.
Gabriella Perez couldn’t afford to stay.
Staying in the old neighborhood meant staying stuck, staying poor. A full scholarship and entry to a prestigious law school was her chance to escape. It meant a brighter future — but it also meant leaving behind the boy she’d loved her entire life.
Now, twenty years, a marriage, a child, and a divorce later, Gabriella is in trouble. Assigned to prosecute a high-high-profile mob case, she finds herself the target of Yakov Vistin, one of the Chicago Bratva’s most notorious mob bosses. Calling in the security firm owned by her old best friends, Hawk and Logan, Gabriella hopes to stay alive — and keep her son safe — long enough to put Vitsin behind bars.
There’s just one problem — protection means being in close quarters with Logan for the first time since high school.
When old passions ignite, they’re forced to answer painful questions about the past and ask new ones about the future. As the trial date nears, the threat against Gabriella hits too close to home. Soon there's only one way out, and Logan is forced to entertain the possibility that saving Gabriella's life may mean losing her forever.
______________________
★★★★★ "I love the danger but I love the love the most!”
★★★★★ "Hands down the best book that Michelle has written, and that’s saying a lot because I love all her books!"
★★★★★ "Michelle St James is always a winner for me."
★★★★★ "A page turner!"
★★★★★ "I couldn't put the book down!"
★★★★★ "Intriguing, exciting, and sexy."
Michelle St. James is a Southern California expat now living in New York who can confirm the former has better weather while the latter has better pizza.
She is the critically acclaimed author of over fifty published novels and seven novellas. Her first series (under her not-so-secret real name) received starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist and was one of Booklist's Top Ten Debut novels. Her work has also been an Indie Next selection and has appeared on prestigious lists such as the Lonestar List, New York Public Library's Stuff for the Teen Age, and Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best. Her books have been published in over thirty countries and translated into over twenty languages.
Michelle lives in a converted barn with a leaking roof, a 65-pound puppy, and three perpetually annoyed cats. She spends her free time doing yoga, watching the Great British Baking Show, and waiting for the next season of Love Island.