Already His: A Protective Adoptive Dad Single Father Small Town Romance (The Brotherhood of Oakwood Falls #9)
Jaxine Cole
An Adoptive Single Dad Romance
He chose fatherhood once.
Choosing love again might cost him everything.
Marcus Reed doesn’t do halfway.
Seven years ago, he adopted twins who needed stability more than promises and he built his life around being the father they deserved. As a respected nonprofit director in Oakwood Falls, he fights every day for children to feel chosen, protected, and permanent.
Love?
That was never part of the plan.
Simone Ellis believes in boundaries. In professional distance. In protecting her heart before anyone else can break it. After a childhood shaped by instability, she trusts logic not emotion. Especially not a man whose life already looks full.
But Marcus isn’t asking her to fit into a gap.
He’s asking her to step into something real.
As sparks turn into slow-burning desire and tension turns into undeniable heat, Simone finds herself falling for more than the man she’s falling for the way he fathers. The way he stands steady. The way he chooses, over and over again.
But loving a protective single dad means stepping into his world completely.
And Simone has never been anyone’s permanent choice before.
🔥 For readers who love:
Protective single dads
Strong Black fatherhood stories
Small-town contemporary romance
Emotionally layered, high-heat love stories
Found family and chosen family tropes
Devoted hero × guarded heroine
Already His is a deeply sensual, emotionally powerful standalone in The Brotherhood of Oakwood Falls series — where strong Black fathers fight for love as fiercely as they fight for their children.
If you crave steady men, meaningful heat, and romance rooted in loyalty and choice, this one will own your heart.
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