Shattered Hearts
(2025)Knox and Wendy's Story
(The first book in the Shattered Love series)
A novel by J E Parker
One bed. Two rings. And a husband obsessed with his fake wife.
The small Southern town where I grew up was supposed to be my haven. Ever since I returned three years ago, I've been hiding in plain sight—teaching, volunteering at the women's shelter, raising my twin girls.
No one suspects the secrets I carry.
No one except Knox Winslow, single dad to one of my students, my longtime crush, and the former Navy SEAL who's been watching me like a hawk since the day I came home.
The self-appointed town grump is as dangerous as he is protective. And when he finds me mid-panic attack and barely able to breathe, his solution is as shocking as it is tempting:
"Be my wife. Let me keep you safe."
A marriage of convenience, he says. He needs help with his troubled teen daughter; I need the security only he can provide. Simple.
But now we’re sharing one bed, and there's nothing simple about the way his heated touch makes me forget to be afraid. Nothing convenient about falling for a man who sees through every strategic lie I've told.
And when my past finally catches up, one truth becomes clear: consequences be damned, Knox has no plans to ever let me go.
A Note from JE:
Shattered Hearts (Knox and Wendy's story) is a dual single-parent, small-town marriage of convenience romance. Includes on-page spice and angst. Can be read as a standalone. Happily Ever After guaranteed.
Genre: Romance
The small Southern town where I grew up was supposed to be my haven. Ever since I returned three years ago, I've been hiding in plain sight—teaching, volunteering at the women's shelter, raising my twin girls.
No one suspects the secrets I carry.
No one except Knox Winslow, single dad to one of my students, my longtime crush, and the former Navy SEAL who's been watching me like a hawk since the day I came home.
The self-appointed town grump is as dangerous as he is protective. And when he finds me mid-panic attack and barely able to breathe, his solution is as shocking as it is tempting:
"Be my wife. Let me keep you safe."
A marriage of convenience, he says. He needs help with his troubled teen daughter; I need the security only he can provide. Simple.
But now we’re sharing one bed, and there's nothing simple about the way his heated touch makes me forget to be afraid. Nothing convenient about falling for a man who sees through every strategic lie I've told.
And when my past finally catches up, one truth becomes clear: consequences be damned, Knox has no plans to ever let me go.
A Note from JE:
Shattered Hearts (Knox and Wendy's story) is a dual single-parent, small-town marriage of convenience romance. Includes on-page spice and angst. Can be read as a standalone. Happily Ever After guaranteed.
Genre: Romance
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