Special forces operative Hoyt Crowe wasn’t just damaged… he was broken. After suffering brutal torture in captivity, his once lively spirit is shattered. Now his greatest adversary isn’t some unknown terrorist in a foreign country, it’s himself.
Hayden James watched Hoyt slide into a private purgatory of post-traumatic stress disorder, taking her heart with him. No longer warm and loving, he is cold. Hardened. A shell of his former self.
When an old enemy threatens Hayden’s life, Hoyt must find the strength to slay his inner demons or lose the woman he loves forever.
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I love how Hoyt just puts his heart right out there…it’s awesome!
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Dear Hayden,
I know I’ve changed. Ever since my capture and torture I’ve been a different man. A man who doesn’t know how to feel or live or love.
When I look in the mirror, all I can see is the scars from what my captors did to me, and not just the scars on the outside. They didn’t just cut my flesh, I feel like they destroyed my soul and left me with nothing to give you.
Most nights I am afraid to go to sleep because of the nightmares. I know all I will dream of is their knives cutting me and bleeding me out. I wanted to die.
I KNEW that they’d destroyed me completely. That’s why I had my brother break it off with you for me. I knew I couldn’t look you in the eye and lie and tell you I didn’t want you, not when all I can think about is you.
I was prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice and take myself out of your life so that you could have a chance at a real future with a man who could still laugh and relax in a crowd of people when he took you out to dinner. I wanted your happiness more than I wanted my own.
But you just don’t know how to give up, do you? That stubborn James’ attitude didn’t give in when I said no. You saw through my lies when I told you I didn’t want you.
You saw beyond my gruff exterior to the real man underneath, the man hurting so bad he could barely make it day to day. And your unending faith in me is what changed me. It is because of YOU that my soul is healed. You are the reason I feel confident enough to still be a member of my sniper unit. You are the reason I am alive.
I’m sorry I said those hurtful things and even though you said you knew I didn’t mean them, I needed to put it down on paper. I needed to KNOW you really understood how I feel about you.
You are the reason my heart beats in my chest. You are the reason I WANT to live. You are the reason I feel worthy of love.
I love you. I will always love you. You are my heart, you are my soul, you are my everything.
Love,
Hoyt Crowe
Lindsay Cross is the award-winning author of the Men of Mercy series. She is the fun loving mom of two beautiful daughters and one precocious Great Dane. Lindsay is happily married to the man of her dreams – a soldier and veteran. During one of her husband’s deployments from home, writing became her escape and motivation.
An avid reader since childhood, reading and writing is in her blood. After years of reading, she discovered her true passion – writing. Her alpha military men are damaged, drop-dead gorgeous and determined to win the heart of the woman of their dreams.
