Shattered Illusions

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>They're best friends turned bitter enemies. Forced to live together they call a truce and sparks ignite. But someone is watching. Someone who'll do anything to destroy her...</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Roxie Jameson</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is often called a workaholic. She prefers to call herself driven. As the owner of Comfort Food a café and catering company on Hudson Island she embraces the constant hustle of entrepreneurial life. Especially since her jam-packed to-do list gives her zero time to dwell on how tired and lonely she is. But when her archnemesis-and former best friend-returns to the island Roxie's structured schedule gets thrown off course.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Joe Buchanan</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> has resigned from the FBI and returns home to Hudson Island without a plan. He's at a crossroads both professionally and personally. However before he can determine his next move he must fix the friendship with Roxie that he so callously destroyed three years ago-and acknowledge his long-denied feelings for her.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>While Roxie and Joe learn to forgive their past mistakes they find themselves increasingly and irresistibly drawn together. But when a mysterious threat emerges will their fragile relationship endure? And will they find a way to trust each other before it's too late?</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Author's Note:</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Please check the author's website for all tropes and CWs.</span></p>