Ryan Strong is a former Navy SEAL, bar owner, and the last man Chloe Baughman should want.
He’s her boss. She’s his employee. And he’s been very, very careful to keep it that way.
But when Chloe takes a second job at the Vault—a high-end club Ryan’s quietly investigating—his protective instincts go into overdrive. Because the Vault isn’t just a club. It’s a front. And Chloe is in deeper than she knows.
Chloe isn’t reckless. She’s desperate. Her father’s Alzheimer’s care doesn’t come cheap, and the tips at the Vault are too good to pass up. She never expected to stumble into a human trafficking ring—or to need rescuing by the brooding alpha who signs her paychecks.
Ryan calls in his ex-SEAL crew. The mission is clear. But so is something He’s not just fighting to save her life. He’s fighting for a chance at something more.
I am not sure what was so appealing about this one for me, but there was something about the idea of a man who was attracted to one of his employees, but out of respect. because he felt it would be wrong, didn't act on it.
But, once he acted on it, and let Chloe know how interested in her he was, all bets were off.
At it's core, this was a pretty simple story, but the way the characters were written, and the way they interacted with one another, gave this a lot more depth than it would have otherwise and made a simple story feel like a lot more.
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