Ace

He lives in the shadows.She's the one he never forgot.Life as a CIA operative is full of danger but it's also painfully lonely. Living under the radar doesn't leave room for relationships, let alone the white-picket-fence future she wanted.There was someone once.I walked away.And I never stopped regretting it.Now my years of service are catching up with me, and I'm finally ready for something different. I just never expected that change to be Shannon-or that she'd be in serious trouble.One kiss. One mistake. One feeling I can't shake.The man in me still wants her.The soldier in me will protect her at all costs.She doesn't want my help. She doesn't trust the life I live. But I'm done walking away-especially when someone is watching her, closing in, and pushing us toward a confrontation neither of us is prepared for.Even if saving her means losing her… again.This romantic suspense features second-chance love, a protective alpha hero, high-stakes danger, and a woman who may be the key to his redemption-or his undoing.Author's Note: Ace falls into the Royal Protectors series as book 1.5 and was formerly published under the title "Cocky Protector" as part of the Cocky Heroes Club series.