For fans of scorching romance with protective alphas and strong heroines, USA Today bestselling author Riley Edwards serves a suspenseful novel of second chances, found family, and love that lasts.

Gavin Barnett has spent twenty-three years rescuing strangers because he couldn’t save the sister his family blamed him for losing. Working with his Navy SEAL brothers had to be enough…until a desperate call pulls him back to the life he left behind.

Rowan Callahan is too independent to ask anyone for help, least of all a stranger. But when her best friend Avery Barnett—Gavin’s estranged sister—disappears while chasing a dangerous story, her only lead is a tucked-away note.

Call my brother.

Gavin comes without hesitation, and the chemistry is off the charts. The battle-hardened rescuer hides a fiercely protective heart—and he’s drawn to the woman who refuses to let hope die.

As the search deepens their intimacy, Rowan glimpses the man beneath the guilt, and Gavin learns that home goes beyond the family that betrayed him. Saving Avery is the mission. Protecting Rowan could be the second chance he never thought he deserved.

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