Breaking the Rules

Love isn't supposed to hurt. Hedge witch Shannon Baldos isn't looking for love. She isn't even looking for sex. She's looking for the courage to finally leave her gaslighting husband's ass. So the last thing she needs is a distraction, like the town's land-grabbing yet oh so sexy property developer, Adam St. John. Then again, maybe a little distraction is exactly what she does need. Growing up in the care of her maternal grandmother, and then married to a misogynistic man, thirty-nine-year-old Shannon Baldos has learned that love hurts. For almost seven years she's lived under the thumb of her abusive husband, all with the guise of wanting to give her son a stable home. The truth? She's stayed because she's a coward. Still is. But maybe, with heart fluttering, groin throbbing, Adam St. John by her side, she'll discover some hidden courage, and finally take her son and escape. As for falling...