The Scars of UsA broken woman with a tortured past. A cocky alpha with his own demons. Will love be able to heal their scars, or are they too deep to overcome?KaiyaMy life has always been about caution and control. Trust no one. Love no one. The people you love are the ones that hurt you the most; I learned that at a young age. Haunted everyday by the ghosts of my past, I decided I would never be someone’s victim again and enrolled in a self-defense class. And that’s where I met Ryker. The hot, tattooed womanizer was everything I didn’t want, yet I can’t seem to resist him, no matter how hard I try.Ryker My view on relationships is simple: strictly sex, nothing more. No attachment means no weakness, no vulnerability, no pain. What I didn’t realize was that Kaiya would turn my world upside-down after she walked into my self-defense class. Unlike other women, she’s fought me from the moment we met even though we both know she wants me. And one way or another I’ll have her, even if it’s just one night.Mending ScarsAre some scars too severe to mend, or is love enough to overcome them?KaiyaEven though Kaleb is finally out my life, I can’t seem to shake his hold on me. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to move on completely after everything he put me through. He still haunts me and the scars he left behind are just too deep for me to forget. Ryker has been my only saving grace, and I’m going to need him more than ever in the months to come.RykerWith Kaleb out of the picture, I thought our lives would be easier, but I was wrong. The demons he left behind still torment Kaiya, and the memories of that life-changing night still plague us both. Kaiya and I have more to deal than we ever expected, and when life is flipped upside-down again, neither of us are prepared for what’s to come. What happens when the past refuses to stay buried?Disclaimer: 18] for explicit sexual situations and some sensitive subject matter