I've destroyed everything in my life and now I'm left with nothing. Alone and scared. Broken and shattered. But I've found a way to deal with it. Instead of all the pain being on the inside, I make the outside ache too. Anything to make it easier to breathe. Until one beautiful morning when I look outside and see her. She tries to help me... But I'm lost. And I'm not sure I can ever be found.

Loving Cassie was effortless. She was a thirst I couldn't quench. She was everything I needed, but nothing I deserved. I failed her more times than I could count. I lied relentlessly. And she always forgave me. Until she couldn't. Maybe I deserved to be left behind. * * * Jax swept me off my feet with his disheveled hair and his easy smile. I loved him fiercely. He made me believe in the fairytale. Then the walls crumbled around me. The lies never ended. I left him behind. I had no choice. I mourned the loss of him. But I moved on. I created a new life, Now, I was marrying someone...

I'd been hurt. But then again, what girl hasn't? I wouldn't let myself fall again. I was smarter than that. Used them before they used me-live the way I wanted. No man was worth a broken heart. David seemed the perfect match for me. He scared me and thrilled me. Tested me and saved me. But bad habits were hard to break. Love wasn't worth the fall. * * * Roxie stormed into my life, demanded my attention. She'd built thick walls around her heart. I needed to demolish them and claim her. She fought me at every turn-refused to be tamed. I wanted her to be mine. The course of my life changed. I...

Emptiness was my constant companion. Grief was all I knew. Loneliness was all I felt. Life beat me down. The punches kept coming. I existed. Didn't really live. Then he came into my life. Roman. He was like a battering ram with a silver tongue. But for the first time in so long, I felt something. I felt everything. Peace. Cared for. Hope. But hope led only to disappointment. * * * Loss. Simple. Complicated. Life Altering. I lived alone, consumed by everything I no longer possessed. I had nothing to live for. Mia woke something inside me I thought died long ago. There was finally someone to...