Untamed

I’ve made a lot of bad decisions in my life.

Showing up on Tucker Bradshaw’s doorstep claiming we share a daughter is not one of them.

The youngest Bradshaw brother’s reputation is well known in Willow Bend and I plan to use it against him.

I thought he’d simply throw money at the problem, hoping to make us go away.

But Tucker doesn’t see my daughter and me as a problem.

He sees us as a solution.

So, instead of getting to take the money and run, I find myself being moved into his mansion. Working at his business. Spending time with his family.

But I draw the line at sleeping in his bed. That’s never going to happen.

Except Tucker isn’t at all the man I expected him to be. He’s funny and kind. Selfless and humble.

When he reads my daughter bedtime stories, my resolve forms a crack.

When he builds her a princess bed, complete with a tower, that crack widens.

And when he pulls me close one night, telling me what a good mother I am, it crumbles completely.

And that’s a problem.

Because while Tucker’s presence is keeping my daughter and me safe, mine is putting him in danger.