Jaqueline "Jackie" Martinez has spent the last nine years growing from the woman she was. Avoiding her past has become her life's mission. If she never falls in love again, she will never feel the same pain, right?
When an argument with her family leaves her feeling more alone than ever, she is more determined to achieve her goals. Get the promotion. Move to California.
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Darrin wants nothing more than to take over the business created in his mother's memory. When Jackie begins to act suspiciously at work, he makes known he needs to determine her viability of taking on this new position. At the moment it looks doubtful.
When he realizes the reason for her strange behavior, he knows he must step in.
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Someone is unwilling to let the past remain where it is, and they devise their ultimate revenge. Jackie becomes their ultimate target. Darrin and Jackie find out vengeance is a powerful motivator, and it's been brewing for far too long.
Can he protect her from a past she couldn't have prevented? Will they identify her assailant before it's too late?
Will they both bring down their walls to give one another a chance?
Review :
"Jackie Martinez is excited about a potential promotion and a blossoming romance, even if it is with her boss, Darrin. Darrin Dominic is falling hard for Jackie but is frustrated by the defenses that keep her from telling him the details of her troubled past. And that past has come back to haunt her in the form of threatening emails, stalking, vandalism, and worse. But he'll do everything in his power to protect her-if she'll let him." Kim H., Proofreader, Red Adept Editing
"Jackie is thrown together with the boss's son, Darrin, on a trip to California. As they try to process their mutual attraction and set aside their baggage, Jackie receives yet another terrifying anonymous email. Back home, amid escalating emails and threats to Jackie's life, Darrin's protectiveness kicks into high gear, and Jackie learns to trust him with her life. But will they ever feel safe enough to trust in love?" Sarah C., Line Editor, Red Adept Editing
