Coming Home Series by Michelle St. James

Finn Murphy was used to being alone — until he met Elise Berenger.Eight years on the road with nothing but a backpack primed Finn for solo life. Coming home was a last resort, the only way he could find answers about the murder of his friends in Ukraine. But as his brothers use their illegal business to help him uncover the truth, he finds himself increasingly reluctant to leave the woman who’s stolen his heart... moreFinn Murphy was used to being alone — until he met Elise Berenger.Eight years on the road with nothing but a backpack primed Finn for solo life. Coming home was a last resort, the only way he could find answers about the murder of his friends in Ukraine. But as his brothers use their illegal business to help him uncover the truth, he finds himself increasingly reluctant to leave the woman who’s stolen his heart.Elise Berenger can’t imagine her life without Finn — but she can’t imagine her life with him either.Still recovering from her kidnapping at the hands of a transnational trafficking ring, she fights panic attacks when she get lost in her home city of Boston. Not exactly a candidate for life on the road, and life on the road is the only life Finn wants.The pair agree to enjoy the time they have as Finn and his brothers connect the dots and Elise secretly works her own angle on the murders with her creepy new boss. But when Finn and his brothers have to face off on their home turf with a cadre of highly trained mercenaries, Elise finds herself embroiled in a risky game of cat and mouse.Now the question isn’t whether they can find a way to be together — but whether they’ll live to try. less

Finn Murphy never promised to stay.After years on the road, he came home and enlisted the help of his brothers only to find answers about the murder of friends in Ukraine. That was the plan: find the people responsible and be on his way — until he fell in love with Elise Berenger.Elise Berenger is still struggling to feel safe.Two years after being kidnapped by a transnational trafficking ring, Elise can hardly walk an unfamiliar street without having a panic attack... moreFinn Murphy never promised to stay.After years on the road, he came home and enlisted the help of his brothers only to find answers about the murder of friends in Ukraine. That was the plan: find the people responsible and be on his way — until he fell in love with Elise Berenger.Elise Berenger is still struggling to feel safe.Two years after being kidnapped by a transnational trafficking ring, Elise can hardly walk an unfamiliar street without having a panic attack. Taking her recovery slow and steady, with the help of her therapist and the supportive Murphy clan, was fine with her — right up until she fell hard and fast for Finn Murphy.Acknowledging their relationship is complicated and their future together is anything but certain, the pair focus on exacting justice, planning to deal with the questions about their future later. Then Finn makes a catastrophic mistake, thrusting the Murphys into an international manhunt that places them in the company of the world’s rich and famous and forces them to beg a favor from criminal kingpin Nico Vitale.When the identity of the man behind the murders is finally revealed, the Murphys must literally storm the castle in a race against mercenaries who have their own agenda. Finn comes face-to-face with the truth about who he is, and then there’s no more time to wait-and-see: he and Elise finally have to acknowledge they weren’t meant to be — or find a way to reconcile their differences and come home to each other. less