The Hermit (The Hollow Universe Book 4)
Dr. Ryan Wallace retreats to the Alaskan wilderness to find peace with his past. The last thing he expects is to stumble upon a woman barely clinging to life. As he watches her fight her way back from hell, his own problems begin to pale in comparison. <br /><br />Daphne Pierce doesn't realize how much of a fighter, a true badass, she is until she's pushed to the brink of her endurance...and survives. Ryan is different, quiet, with an edge of darkness she understands after her ordeal. <br /><br />When she returns to her own world, both of them realize there are some things you just can't live without.<br /><br />Another dramatic romance from Always the Good Girl, Shayne McClendon.