Picking Up the Pieces

Kendall Schmitt was the all-American girl next door until one fateful night. Someone she thought she could trust took it all away, leaving her with deep emotional scars.

Ten years later, at twenty-three, Kendall has forged a life in which every detail is planned and scheduled. But everything changes one night when Kendall and her best friend head out for a rare night out on the town. She meets Jackson Hayes—the man who in an instant turns her world upside down.

Kendall has worked so hard to keep her life in order, to prevent the element of chance from putting her emotional and physical safety at risk. But Jackson proves to be one of the few good guys she’s known. Someone with whom she could see a future, someone who could make her forget the pain of her past and embrace a happier—and more carefree—future.

But the more deeply they get involved, Kendall isn’t sure she can leave the ghosts of her past behind. Especially when the person who hurt her resurfaces in her life.