The Last Best Place For Love

The last thing I expected was for a single dance with the woman I loved to cause so much trouble.

For years, I'd danced around this flirtation with Bailey. We both knew it would eventually lead to that big, white chapel, overwhelming love, and a lifetime together that would rival any tragic love story.

If it weren't for that dance.

That was the night everything changed.

I'd been planning this night with Bailey since I was in third grade when I rescued her from the monkey bars.

Ever since then, she was mine.

She knew it. My family knew it. Hell, the entire town had been waiting for the moment I would finally make my move.

Apparently, so was someone else.

But there was no joy where he was concerned, only a need for revenge that would destroy any happiness the two of us shared, along with anyone in my family.

No matter how hard I tried, there was no way out.

Her life was in danger, and it was all because of me. And that was something I just couldn't tolerate.

She was the love of my life, but keeping her alive was more important than winning her in the end.

Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart is the first in The Last Best Place For Love Series.