Protect Me

<h1 class=ql-align-center>The ninth book in the Coffee Shop Series</h1><h2 class=ql-align-center><br></h2><h2 class=ql-align-center><strong>Katelyn</strong></h2><p class=ql-align-center>There are three rules I implemented five years ago that govern my safety around men.</p><p class=ql-align-center>1. Never alone. </p><p class=ql-align-center>2. Never stranded. </p><p class=ql-align-center>3. Never unaware.</p><p class=ql-align-center>In those five years I've never broken those rules. Not once. Because I will not be a fool again. </p><p class=ql-align-center>Then I do break those rules-willingly-to help the older brother of my best friend Vikram. Vikram is trouble. Has always <em>been </em>trouble. </p><p class=ql-align-center>Charming a little arrogant and flighty as a bird when it comes to women. I spent half my childhood adoring him half crying over him. </p><p class=ql-align-center>Yet he's always had my heart. </p><p class=ql-align-center>Six years after last seeing him is no exception.</p><h2 class=ql-align-center><strong>Vikram</strong></h2><p class=ql-align-center>My parents say I'm a mess. I agree.</p><p class=ql-align-center>When a knee surgery goes wrong things get ugly. What kind of woman would ever want to stay by my side when I can barely cope with the day-to-day of recovery? </p><p class=ql-align-center>None of them. </p><p class=ql-align-center>Which is why I've never tried.</p><p class=ql-align-center>There's only one person at my side when I need her the most: Katelyn Saucony. The last woman I ever expected to see there. </p><p class=ql-align-center>Maybe the one that I've always <em>wanted</em> there.</p><p class=ql-align-center>She has secrets to hide and when those secrets come back to life and threaten her safety I'm forced to reckon with my own ghosts. </p><p class=ql-align-center>For her I finally find someone worth fighting for. </p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>Protect Me is a clean contemporary romance (but not religious) with a little sizzle and spice and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. It's the eighth book in the Coffee Shop Series. This book can be read as a standalone but maximum enjoyment comes from reading the series from the beginning.</strong></p><p><br></p>