by A.L. Jackson
Publisher: Author
Pub Date: February 10, 2026
Genre: Adult, Romance
Format: ARC
Source: Author
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The last thing I expected when I found the trespasser bathing in my river was for it to be her…
Daisy Adair has always been my dream girl. From when we were best friends in high school to finding her now.
A gorgeous mother who shows up on my property with three kids in tow.
But I became a recluse for a reason.
The life I chose is full of wickedness and peril. The last thing I need is the object of my every fantasy invading my space and risking her life because of me.
Only when she tells me she’s on the run from her ex, I promise to do anything to keep them safe, even marry her to protect her kids.
That single kiss at the altar rips through every barrier, our passion unleashed.
Now, living under the same roof blurs the lines I’ve drawn.
Each glance of her down the hall and I am splintering.
Each brush of her hand and I am brought to my knees.
Our future—bright, hopeful, and almost within reach—hovers on the edge of becoming real…
Until we discover the threat surrounding her is grimmer than either of us imagined.
Now I’m fighting to save her and her children before our second chance at forever is burned to the ground…
Yup, I'm a sucker for these books. Well, really anyone
A.L. writes cause I've yet to meet a character I don't love nor a story I wish I
could read again for the first time because its always just that good.
Anyway...
Cash and his dog Duke are walking through his massive property to survey the are as he does when he gets this feeling that someone is there on his property. When he comes to it, he never expected it to be a woman and her kids camping out on his property let alone that women to be Daisy.
Daisy needs help. She is worried about her ex coming after her and needs help and to be somewhere safe. Leading herself back to Cash, the one she feels safe with, the one she was always meant to be with. She took a scrap of info he mentioned once and used it to find him and now here she is.
The initial interaction wasn't exactly how she planned it out to be and Cash is well being a grump aka grumpy giant. Cash agrees to help Daisy and her kids. He eventually even agrees to her request that needs of him. Daisy and her kids are now safe and can take a moment to breathe. Cash who never has anyone over now has a home full of people and his grumpy exterior is going to melt if Daisy and the kids have any say.
When a family outing went from a perfect day to ambush, things change and they change fast. Cash is emanating everything you can think of after that, but mainly his protectiveness over Daisy and the kids. How he wont let anything happen to them and after this, he is going to need to reveal himself to Daisy. He needs to open up more and finally let her in all the way.
Cash has been loved in all the other books and always this grumpy, mystery, recluse kind of guy. But the way Daisy and those kids changed all of that. He finally let's it happen, he finally lets her love him and be given a family again. Not just what he already had with the guys but now his own into the mix and now all of guys have their families and this grumpy giant is the softest giant you'll meet.
I LOVED this entire series with everything I have. There is nothing that a book by A.L. can't fix. You'll have an emotional rollercoaster that was worth every moment. A bad day, week or year? Grab her book to lift you back up. Just in a reading slump? Yup her books will fix that right up.
Seriously love the guys in this series and I'll be thinking about them for years to come. Now go and get your hands on these books and get ready to meet some of the best characters ever written.
