Atramentum et Telum Pulvis

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My entire life I've been blinded by distrust forever damaged by the selfish choices of those meant to choose me first.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Finding my father at the bottom of a bottle while my mother sneaked around with another man obliterated all my foolish ideals and hopes for a happy family.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Twenty years later my mother's betrayal still smarts against my skin preventing me from forming any real connections. The steel walls around my heart are reinforced when my son is abandoned at birth by his own mother my distrust in women cementing.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's only fitting that I remain in Lost Hope a small town in the heart of snowy mountains and lush green forests.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm as hopeless as the town's name until an unexpected Thanksgiving dinner ends with HER in the close-confines of my car.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Quiet reserved and impossibly beautiful she puts a spell on me.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My reputation doesn't repel her and all my efforts to keep my distance evaporate when I see her flirting with another man. Between my deep-rooted obsession and her innocent curiosity we strike a deal. A one-night deal that ends with the sunrise.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Except... one taste is not enough. My instincts to run away fade into nothingness with every stolen glance and possessive touch. Her lips are forbidden to me yet all I think about.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I may wear a badge but I'm no wallflower's knight in shining armor.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Can I shake my obsession with her before I inevitably destroy the wallflower of Lost Hope or will I become a self-fulfilled prophecy and lose the last shred of goodwill I have left in town?</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Atramentum et Telum Pulvis</em> is the third book in the Lost Hope series of interconnected standalone novels. It's a single dad romance with a pinch of suspense complete with HEA and a cliffhanger introducing book four of the series. This book is intended for readers 18+ with explicit scenes mature language touching on sensitive topics and more.</strong></p><p></p>