Deacon by Kristen Ashley

Deacon by Kristen Ashley

Deacon has an ugly history, a history that broke him, leaving him a ghost of a man. Out of necessity he left the normal world to descend into the criminal world and found he fit. So he stayed. Cold as ice and living off the grid, Deacon has no intention to connect, not with anyone. Then he returns to some remote cabins in the Colorado Mountains and finds they have new owners. One of them is Cassidy Swallow, a young woman willing to work hard to live her quiet dream in a house by a river surrounded by aspen and pine.

Suddenly Deacon finds he's at war. Cassidy's pull for him to connect is strong. He fights it, but he loses, always coming back for more. But when he does, he gives her nothing. From the first time she sees him, Cassidy knows Deacon is dead inside. She knows he's the kind of man who could destroy a woman. But one night when Deacon's control slips, Cassidy takes a chance. He might break her. He also might be her dream come true.

Kristen Ashley is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling romance author who has written over eighty books. Her books have been translated into fifteen languages and have sold more than three million copies. Kristen was a fourth-generation Purdue University graduate, having been born in Gary and raised in Brownsburg, Indiana. She has since resided in Colorado, the West Country of England, and Phoenix, Arizona. She spent eighteen years as a nonprofit executive before starting her writing career.