Allisonslau1986
Claire Bennett has spent years pretending she has the perfect life.
She married her high school sweetheart at nineteen, stood beside him as he became sheriff, and learned exactly how much makeup it takes to hide the bruises he leaves behind. No one knows what Grant Bennett is really like behind closed doors.
Until Claire finds a USB hidden beneath his dresser.
She has no idea what is on it, but Grant’s reaction tells her one thing—he is willing to kill to get it back.
When their five-year-old daughter, Lilly, throws herself between them during his latest attack, Claire finally fights back. She takes Lilly, the USB, and runs to the one man Grant would never expect her to trust.
Nick Salazar.
President of the Iron Saints MC.
Nick knew Claire long before she became Mrs. Bennett. Once, she was the kid he looked out for. Now she is a grown woman standing at his gates with bruises on her skin, fear in her eyes, and a sheriff hunting her down.
Nick gives her protection.
Then his club discovers what is on the USB.
Names. Ages. Motels. Transfers. Payments. Messages clearing county roads and delaying police reports.
Evidence of a sex-trafficking operation.
And Grant’s name is buried all through it.
Claire didn’t just escape an abusive husband. She stole the evidence that could destroy a network of powerful men, and now they all want her silenced.
While the Iron Saints fight to keep Claire and Lilly alive, the connection growing between Claire and Nick becomes harder to ignore.
Nick refuses to control her.
Claire refuses to be owned again.
But Grant still believes his wife belongs to him.
And if he wants her back, he is going to have to come through him.
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