From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa comes a deeply emotional small-town romance about a runaway heiress, a tattooed protector, and the marriage that was never supposed to be real-until love found them anyway.
He was never supposed to love her-especially not her baby.
I didn't plan on ending up in Birchwood Springs.
But after escaping a brutal marriage and discovering I'm pregnant, this town-and the broody tattoo artist who swore to protect me-might be the only shot I have at starting over.Atlas Timberbridge is nothing like the world I left behind.
He's all inked arms, gruff silence, and an unexpected gentleness that makes my heart ache.
Pretending we were married was for my protection.
A temporary arrangement meant to keep me hidden from my vicious husband.
We agree to keep it strictly business. No feelings. No future.