Protected

<p><strong>She ran 9000 miles to escape him. It wasn't far enough.</strong></p><p>Lydia Hawkins is not on the Gold Coast for the surf. She is hiding. After escaping a relationship that nearly cost her her life she thinks the tropical heat of Australia is the one place her ex-a man with delusions of grandeur and a temper to match-can't find her.</p><p>Then she meets Dean Connors.</p><p>Dark-haired blue-eyed and scarred by a past he's trying to outrun Dean is everything Lydia should avoid. He's an ex-biker with a history of violence and a family he can't shake. But Dean isn't the monster she fears; he's the only thing standing in the way of the one coming for her.</p><p>When her past lands on Australian soil Lydia learns a brutal truth: You can run to the ends of the earth but you can't hide forever.</p><p><strong>Now she doesn't just need a hiding place. She needs a protector.</strong></p>