Arms sheltered

His job was to keep Erin Brailey safe. But first, security expert Zach Miller had to convince the sultry beauty that she needed his protection…while keeping his desire for her hidden lest it lure them both into danger….Taking control of her life for the first time, Erin wanted to rely on herself– even though Zach looked more than capable of handling all her needs. But after exchanging heated embraces with her new protector, Erin couldn\' t help wondering: Was the safest place she could be…right in Zach\' s arms?

When Jeff Ritter offered Ashley Churchill shelter, the struggling single mom longed to lean on his broad shoulders. And though she accepted a job as his housekeeper, Ashley was determined to make her own happiness, without the heartbreak of loving a man.

No matter how tempting that man was….It was Jeff\'s nature to protect, but his heart was off-limits–even to the woman and child he came home to each night.

For life had made Jeff a hardened soldier, not a man to love. And despite the hope he saw shining in Ashley\'s eyes, Jeff didn\'t dare dream she could truly be his….

Sam Montford left Shelter Valley ten years ago. He\'s a direct descendant of the town\'s founder, the first Samuel Montford, and for him, Shelter Valley\'s expectations had become oppressive.

Home had become smothering instead of sheltering.Sam returns to the town–and to his ex-wife, Cassie Tate–with a seven-year-old child.

This is a complete shock to Cassie. When Sam left, he hadn\'t known she was pregnant.

Or that she had lost their baby.Sam\'s back in Shelter Valley now, back to stay.

But he refuses to become the man people expected him to be ten years ago. Can he be the man Cassie needs now?.