SEAL of Honor. Iron Tide Brotherhood, #1

She thought leaving was the only way to protect him. Now she's back-and the danger she tried to outrun has finally found her. Zane Knox has built a life in the shadows, carrying out assignments that come with no recognition and no way out. It's a life built on control, precision, and distance. Until everything fractures. Tessa Lane arrives without warning, injured and desperate, carrying fear she can't hide-and answers she doesn't have.
The past he buried rises to the surface in an instant. And with it, everything he never truly let go. As the threat circling her grows more relentless, Zane is pulled into a fight that demands more than skill. It demands trust. It demands sacrifice. It demands that he risk the one thing he never planned to face again. Her. Because protecting Tessa means stepping into a storm that could destroy them both.
And somewhere in the middle of it, something fragile begins to take root again-something neither of them expected to survive. A deeply emotional romantic suspense about healing, faith rediscovered, and love that refuses to stay buried.