At Peace - Kristen Ashley

nViolet Winters and her daughters once had it all but lost it when Lieutenant Tim Winters was murdered by a criminal madman.n nn nOver a year later, during a cold winter night, cop's widow, Violet, has to leave her warm bed to tell her neighbor to turn the music down.n nn nAnd that's when she meets sinister, scarred, scarily attractive security specialist, Joe Callahan.n nn nShe wants to deny it, but she can't beat back the hunger she feels for Joe. She gives in again, and again...and again. Feeling it himself, Joe feeds Vi's hunger, breaking his own rules to keep her in his bed.n nn nEven though Violet had only one man in her life, she's sure Joe is giving her the signals and Vi decides she's ready to take a second chance at life and, maybe, love.n nn nBut Violet doesn't know the dark secrets in Joe's past, secrets so soul-wrenching, they've drained him dry.

With nothing left to give, Joe's determined to live his life alone.n nn nBut Violet's husband's murderer is obsessed with her and heartbreak again haunts the door of the Winters girls. When it does Joe is forced to face the knowledge that he can't fight the combined pull of Violet and her daughters. They've gotten under his skin and filled him full to bursting.n nn nJoe needs to win them back and put his life on the line to keep Violet safe.n nn nBut, having had it all twice, can Violet endure losing Joe?n