Relentlessly Mine (Base Branch #9.7)

Combine, Texas, labeled Gannon Lee a ruffian by age ten. If only they saw him at twenty-eight; a nomad who followed the fight wherever it took him, an untamed extinguisher of lives. He never intended to give them the chance. Too bad his brother, the only guy in the backwoods town who outranked him in delinquent behavior, landed himself behind bars…again. For the first time, Gannon doesn’t think his blood committed the act of arson in question.

Gannon’s sole focus had been his brother’s extraction and the evasion of his previous life—until he learned that Margo Foster had been the victim. She was the only one in the god-forsaken place to know him, understand him, love him. Tragedy ripped them apart decades ago, but Gannon’s love for her never faltered. Before he can put the past where it belongs, a thousand clicks back in his rearview mirror, he must find out who tried to hurt the woman he loves and cannot have.

Margo Foster works her ass off as an EMT for Dallas Fire Rescue to prove she is nothing like her family. She is a modern woman who takes care of herself, and her sister who’s too busy clinging to the past. Margo’s father had blown the family fortune long ago, but her stubborn little sis lived off the name and Margo’s good will.

When a crappy arsonist threatens to destroy what Margo has worked so hard for, she’s ready for battle. Against anyone but Gannon Lee. His presence in her carefully constructed life sends her for the hills. However, once he reveals the perceived arson was really an attempt on her life, she’ll cling to the only ally she has, even if his touch breaks her heart.