Noah Cortez is back home from his last deployment with the Marines. His entire unit perished in a terrible explosion that left him with a traumatic brain injury. While his scars are mostly invisible, Noah is hurting, mentally and physically.

Kristina knows something is up wit Noah. She's been his best friend since they were children, and the man who is now home isn't the boy who left, the boy who wrote her letters and shared her interests, the boy she never felt any attraction to.

Now everything has changed. There's something there behind Noah's pain, something more, and when Kristina and Noah get caught up in a passionate embrace after Kristina finds Noah recovering from a panic attack, Kristina is ready to jump right in to a relationship and to do anything to help Noah find peace.

But Noah isn't ready and he doesn't know if ever will be. He doesn't want to bring his demons into Kristina's life.

What follows is a utterly angsty and satisfying romance, with a wounded warrior who finds his way back to his one true love through the power of a fight club, art therapy, and mental health professionals, not sex.

You will fight for these two, and will want to read more in this series!