Protected by the Sheriff

A Single Dad Mountain Man Romance

He hired me to help his daughter. He didn't expect me to help him too.

I don't do personal connections. I show up, I tutor, I leave. Simple.

Then Sheriff Nate Cortez tracked me down and asked me to save his failing fourteen-year-old, and something about the desperation in his voice made me say yes.

Mari is angry at the world. Nate is terrified he's losing her. And I understand both of them better than I should — because I was Mari once, and no one fought for me the way Nate is fighting for her.

I'm supposed to keep professional distance. Instead, I'm staying for dinner. Instead, I'm helping with homework at the kitchen table while Nate watches me like I'm the answer to prayers he didn't know he was praying. Instead, I'm falling for a family that was never supposed to be mine.

If this goes wrong, I won't be the only one who gets hurt.

Tropes: Single Dad • Forbidden • Older Hero • Found Family • Healing Each Other • Curvy Heroine • Grumpy/Sunshine