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How do you protect someone from the darkness when that’s all you know? I tried to convince her to run from me. I tried everything I knew to make her despise me, but she never faltered, pushing back at every turn. Mason Maxwell resigned himself to a life of loneliness, forced into a world he didn’t want in order to save his sister, the only living family he had left. And while his life was desolate, it was simple. Until he met her. Taking care of her sick mother, Lila Stone found herself unemployed. Again. But a chance encounter with a stranger presented the perfect opportunity. Her single reservation… her new boss. He’s gorgeous. He’s arrogant and rude. And he’s hiding a dark secret. Will Lila live by his rules and finally unravel the mystery that is Mason Maxwell?

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REVIEW

Lila Stone is struggling to keep a job while taking care of her mother who's battling cancer. After being let go again, Lila is really down on her luck. When a chance meeting and a job offer to be a maid to Mason Maxwell. Turns her life around in more ways than she ever expected.

Mason is a man of little words he comes across as hard and arrogant. We find out why he is the way he throughout the story. Mason has been forced into a dark life that has made him a loner. From the moment he meets Lila he feels a pull and protectiveness about her. He tries to push her away from him knowing it would be for her own good. But Lila ends up getting drawn into the dark world, that Mason is trying to escape.

The chemistry between Mason and Lila was palpable. I liked how strong Lila was and how she stood up to every challenge Mason threw at her. And when Mason couldn't fight the pull towards her nothing was going to stop him from keeping her.

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S. Nelson grew up with a love of reading and a very active imagination, never putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard until 2013. Her passion to create was overwhelming and within a few months she’d written her first novel, Stolen Fate. When she isn’t engrossed in creating one of the many stories rattling around inside her head, she loves to read and travel as much as she can. She lives in the Northeast with her husband and two dogs, enjoying the ever changing seasons.