I should have known I was in trouble when Ty Brockmann showed up at my door and told me my house was trying to murder me.
I’ve spent my whole life hiding who I was from everyone, and I would do anything to make sure no one found out the truth about me.
When my marriage ended in flames, I packed up my son and left the big city, with its prying eyes and judgmental glares, for small-town Maplehurst, Georgia.
Keeping my secrets here was supposed to be easier.
Then Ty Brockmann showed up with his devastating good looks and golden boy charm to fix my house before it gave into its murderous urges.
Only the handsome contractor sees past all my crumbling walls and rotting support beams to the woman inside. When I start to crumble, he’s there, telling me I am stronger than anyone he knows and refusing to let anyone define me but me.
It would have been so easy if all I had to do was ignore his tattoos and those golden muscles built from years of hard labor. But it’s him. The way he listens when I talk, the way he connects with my son, the way he looks at me like I’m the woman I desperately want to be.
But life in a small town, I’ve learned, comes with steep prices.
And one of mine is in the form of Cady-Jo.
She was one of my first new friends in Maplehurst, a woman whose past mirrors my own in so many ways it would be funny if it weren’t so cruel.
She’s also Ty’s mother.
She’s made one thing clear: Ty is off-limits.
And if I can’t resist? If I can’t stay away from Ty? Then there is no limit she won’t go to in order to destroy my fresh start.
But she’s not the only one.
Within weeks, it starts, and I know.
Someone else is watching. Someone else knows.
Ty wants all of me, including the secrets I thought I buried. He’s not willing to back down or let me hide anymore.
Now I need to decide if I can do the one thing I’ve never been able to do.
Claim me. Secrets and all.
Take the Risk is a spicy small-town romance about desire, secrets, forbidden family tension, and the protective contractor who makes hiding impossible. Perfect for readers who love single mom romance, forced proximity, protective and possessive heroes, emotional healing, open-door heat, secret identities, small-town secrets, and romance with mystery woven through.