Ethel had her happily ever after. It may have ended too soon, but it was more than some people got. After Gravel gets hurt, it’s Ethel to the rescue, nursing him back to health, and unearthing feelings she had tried to hide for so long. Gravel doesn’t want to settle down. He’s lived his life his way for the past forty years, why mess with something that isn’t broke? Except Ethel manages to sneak her way in, making Gravel second guess his plan, wondering if maybe there has been something missing all along. **

A woman battered and bruised from the inside out with no will to live needs a hero.Wren was done. After being used and abused, she lands in the lap of Maniac. A man who sees her as nothing more than a chore.Maniac West isn't a man to mess with. Not with him and not with his club.When he is assigned to watch over Wren, he ignores how he feels about the woman with the soulless eyes. Something in them makes him crave to return light there. But Wren is a job. No more, no less.That all changes when Wren decides she doesn't want to live.WARNING: This book contains possible triggers of suicide and sexual abuse. Please proceed with caution. While those scenes with sensitive matter are not greatly detailed, they are there.