When He Found Her (The Harding Sisters Duet #1)
A.R. Carlson
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Explicit open door [?]
· 1 ratings · 261 pages · Published: 22 Jul 2025
Wren Harding came home in pieces—scarred, broken, and determined to keep her ghosts buried. Once a top Army medic, now she fights a different kind of surviving the pain, the past, and the quiet suffocating weight of recovery. The only place she finds peace is the bookstore she shares with her twin sister, Isla… and the memory of the masked soldier who carried her out of hell.
“We used to be mirrors of each other. Now Wren calculates each step, counting the cost before she stands.”
Miles Walker is used to staying in the shadows. As a Special Forces operative, he’s sworn to protect secrets, not get involved—especially not with the sister of the woman he once rescued from a burning convoy. But when a chance encounter leads him into Isla Harding’s quiet world of old novels and sharp wit, he’s caught between duty and a connection he can’t ignore.
Isla doesn’t trust easily, but there’s something about Miles she can’t shake. He listens like he’s used to silence. Watches like he’s carrying more than he says. And holds her gaze like it means something.
As Wren begins to unravel the mystery of the soldier who saved her, Isla and Miles are drawn deeper into each other’s orbit—just as old wounds, military secrets, and fragile trust threaten to destroy everything they’re building.
“You screw with one of them, you bleed both.”
Heartfelt, slow-burning, and emotionally raw, When He Found Her is a military romance about survival, sisterhood, and the kind of love that finds you when you’re not looking—but need it most.
“He’s just... interesting. Different. He listens like there’s nothing else he’s supposed to be doing.”
This book contains explicit sexual scenes and is not recommended for those under the age of 18 years old. Please check the content warning page at the beginning of the book. Some scenes may be highly triggering.
“You’re not just her sister, sweetheart. You’re her anchor.”
military/civilian
protector romance
bookstore romance
secret identity/masked man
quad POV
military secrets
sisterly bond/twin sisters
wounded heroine
brother's teammate
one couple falls fast/one couple falls carefully
two parallel love stories
Author's This book ends on a cliffhanger. It is continued and finished in When She Knew.
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The 'The Harding Sisters Duet' series
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