Jaded Until Jax (Red Maple Falls #10)

Return to Red Maple Falls for this newest installment to the steamysmall-town series where a wounded Marine and a grieving single motherhelp each other find light in the darkness.

Being a Marine is all Jax Marshall knows, but a tragic event has him honorably discharged from the service and back in the last place he wanted to be--his hometown. Struggling to come to terms with his injury while dealing withPTSD, his life is further rocked when his younger siblings are less than welcoming. Encouragement from his eldest sister provides him with thepush he needs to give therapy one more shot. Not once expecting thatdecision to change his life.

Kristen Morgan never imagined shewould be a single working mom, but a house fire left her widowed andgrappling to rebuild life for her and her two boys. In the midst of apanic attack while waiting for her son to finish his therapy session,she strikes up a conversation with a handsome, brooding ex-Marine whoturns out to be a complete jerk.

As their encounters become more civil and the attraction too hard to ignore, these two broken heartsbegin to find comfort in each other. But when one of them ends up indanger, they have to decide if being together is worth the fight.