I’m trained for self-defense, but to protect her, I would kill.

Ava’s large brown eyes stared through the window of my dojo, and I’m transported to a life I wish I had before her brother ruined everything.

The sight of her reignites our undeniable chemistry. The overwhelming urge to protect her resurfaces with a vengeance. But can I trust her?

She asks for private self-defense lessons, and I’m torn between desire and honor. It was her crew who set my world aflame and left me for dead. But I agree, and she disappears again…

Only to reappear with a power-hungry psychopath hunting her like helpless prey.

The sight of her fear transforms me into a new man. A version of myself willing to protect, even kill, to have her as my woman… forever.