"In If You Leave, we continue the wild ride Courtney Cole started us on in If You Stay. This raw story of heartbreak and hope solidifies Cole's standing as a rising star in hot contemporary romance." --- New York Times Bestselling author of Down to You, M. Leighton
"Another raw, gritty masterpiece with a sexy-as-hell Army Ranger to swoon over." --- K. A. Tucker, author of Ten Tiny Breaths
Ex-Army Ranger Gabriel Vincent is a badass hero. Or he used to be. Home from Afghanistan, Gabe can't stop thinking about that one horrible night on the battlefield, a night that changed his life forever. He knows he's messed up, but with the help of a little beer and a lot more women, he's keeping it together. Until he meets Madison Hill.
Madison is happily single-or so she thinks. After the tragic death of her parents, she took on the responsibility of running the family restaurant, and that's just about all she has time to worry about. Until she meets Gabriel Vincent.
Though they don't realize it at first, Gabe and Maddy will soon develop a weakness: each other. But Gabe has a secret, a hidden monster that he's afraid Maddy could never overcome. And Maddy is dealing with issues she fears Gabe won't understand. They quickly realize they need each other to be whole, but they have demons to fight-and the problem with demons is that they never die quietly. Can they find a way to heal the past . . . before they lose each other?
"Another raw, gritty masterpiece with a sexy-as-hell Army Ranger to swoon over." --- K. A. Tucker, author of Ten Tiny Breaths
Ex-Army Ranger Gabriel Vincent is a badass hero. Or he used to be. Home from Afghanistan, Gabe can't stop thinking about that one horrible night on the battlefield, a night that changed his life forever. He knows he's messed up, but with the help of a little beer and a lot more women, he's keeping it together. Until he meets Madison Hill.
Madison is happily single-or so she thinks. After the tragic death of her parents, she took on the responsibility of running the family restaurant, and that's just about all she has time to worry about. Until she meets Gabriel Vincent.
Though they don't realize it at first, Gabe and Maddy will soon develop a weakness: each other. But Gabe has a secret, a hidden monster that he's afraid Maddy could never overcome. And Maddy is dealing with issues she fears Gabe won't understand. They quickly realize they need each other to be whole, but they have demons to fight-and the problem with demons is that they never die quietly. Can they find a way to heal the past . . . before they lose each other?
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They survived being hunted. Now they have to survive being protected. Vivienne Montrose escaped Blackwater Point with the truth in her hands and the most dangerous man she has ever known at her side. But Boston is not freedom. To the federal task force, Vivienne is a high-value whistleblower who must be managed, monitored, and contained. To the Network, she is still the legacy asset they were never supposed to lose. Every intake form, every medical order, every protective protocol feels chillingly familiar, because the systems claiming to save her were built from the same architecture that once kept her trapped. And this time, the cage is made of law. Quentin Rowe is no longer the untouchable bodyguard who tore through Blackwater to keep her alive. He is wounded, septic, legally compromised, and haunted by the past Aegis buried inside sealed files. The federal system calls his devotion coercive. The Network calls it predictable. Everyone wants to separate him from Vivienne before their bond becomes impossible to control. But Vivienne knows the truth. Quentin is not her captor. He is not her handler. He is not the monster they want the world to see. He is the only man who ever chose her over the cage. When Vivienne discovers the Root Index, a global data mirror capable of exposing the Network's reach far beyond Blackwater, she realizes the only way to unlock it is with both of them. Her father's hidden architecture and Quentin's mapped Alpha-7 profile were designed to keep them apart, but together they may be the one variable the enemy cannot contain. The closer they get to the truth, the tighter the system closes around them. Protective custody becomes imprisonment. Medical care becomes leverage. Love becomes evidence. And when freedom demands a devastating surrender, Vivienne and Quentin must decide how much they are willing to lose to destroy the machine that wants to own them both. Perfect for readers who love dark bodyguard romance, forced separation, wounded protectors, touch her and die obsession, institutional conspiracy, forbidden love, and couples who choose each other when the world calls their devotion dangerous.