Claiming her Joy's Lost Piece: A Contemporary Western Romance Book

Serena Bolton has a career as a lawyer that anyone would envy. However, behind this success is hidden a wound caused by bitter betrayal; a wound that will be reopened when the man who broke her heart is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Compelled by some inner voice to prove his innocence, she returns to Texas to defend him. Very soon though beneath the ashes of the past she feels the sparks of her bygone feelings for him...

Is the love they once shared meant to be reignited or is the trauma too deep to be healed?

At the age of 18, Ruben Welsh was accepted to a college on a scholarship to pursue his greatest passion, playing football. After a serious injury though his dreams came crashing down. Since then, he has worked as a detective at the local precinct in Texas, until he gets treacherously trapped in a horrifying scheme. In his most somber hour, he knows that there's only one person he can turn to, the woman to whom he never admitted the truth about their separation, Serena...

Regret is his most painful scar...

While Serena and Ruben uncover a disturbing truth, old emotions inevitably resurface. When Serena's life is put in mortal danger, they realize they are each other's shelter in the storm. Will they make it out alive with their hearts intact, or will the terrible abyss engulf them?

"Claiming her Joy's Lost Piece" is a contemporary romance novel of approximately 60,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.