Author Description

It crushes a man when the woman he loves disappears. Quinton Walker I joined the Marines to find purpose. It’s there that I found my wife. Now, almost ten years later, she’s gone and I’m raising my daughter alone. What does a man do when the woman he loves dies? He goes back home to be surrounded by his friends and family. When I needed someone to help me watch my daughter so that I could begin to pick up the pieces of my life, Hope was there. I never planned to fall in love with her. I never imaged that my past would try to destroy her. How can I save Hope when the battle is within herself? It ruins a woman when her choices are taken away and all that’s left are the shattered pieces of her heart. Hope Rodriguez I’m socially awkward. My family and friends are the most outgoing bunch, and I just don't fit in. Quinton needs a sitter for his beautiful daughter. A daughter with pale blue eyes just like her daddy's eyes. I never expected that someone like Quinton would ever fall for someone like me. With him, I'm beginning to feel things I've never felt before, want things I've never wanted. Sometimes what we want doesn't matter. Someone took away my choices. He left me ruined, tainted. How could Quinton possibly love me now? HOPEful is the first book in the spin-off of the Emaree Grove series. It is an interconnected standalone with a HEA that includes strong language and explicit sexual content not intended for readers under the age of 18 years. Reader Discretion Advised.