Introduction to the World of His To Protect
Riverview looks like any other small town-quiet streets, open fields, and a diner that still smells like coffee and comfort. But beneath the calm, there's a network built for survival.
PhoenixWatch isn't law enforcement. It isn't military. It's a privately run crisis organization founded by those who've lived through the worst and refused to look away. When the system fails, PhoenixWatch steps in-rescuing victims, rebuilding lives, and keeping them hidden until it's safe to start again.
At the heart of it all is the Lawson & Lawson Ranch, a sprawling sanctuary run by brothers Kade and Remington Lawson. To most, it's a working ranch. To those who need it, it's a lifeline-a place to disappear, to heal, to learn what safety feels like again.
Each safe house, each new life they build, carries its own quiet story of loss and survival. Of people finding strength in the aftermath of fear.
Melody Branson is one of them-a woman still learning how to breathe in peace after years of running.
Kade Lawson is the man who built a world meant to protect people like her, even as he battles ghosts of his own.
In His To Protect, survival isn't just about staying alive. It's about learning to live again-slowly, gently, surrounded by those who understand that healing is never linear, and safety is something that has to be rebuilt one small moment at a time.
"I wish she would just disappear."
When Keith says those words, he has no idea how close he is to getting his wish.
For years, Ella has loved Keith from afar. A fated contract marriage is her one chance at a happily ever after, and she'll do anything to be seen by the man she adores. But her devotion isn't enough to break through his guarded heart.
Shattered, Ella rebuilds her life from the ashes, determined to never need another man again.
But years later, Keith storms back into her life, ready to avenge a past he doesn't understand. He's already lost her once. Will he make the same mistake twice and lose his only chance at true love forever?
A slow-burn, second-chance romance where a billionaire CEO must earn back the wife he so carelessly threw away.