Murphy's Law

He lost his family. She gave them back to him.

Home is the last place Jon Murphy can go. After being held captive in Azbakastan, he returns to the States only to find he can't face his mom and sisters with what he did while he was a prisoner, so he retreats to the mountains.

Widow Sara Sheldon has made a lifetime of mistakes and is now running scared from her husband's powerful family, who are determined to take her daughter away from her. When her little girl goes missing in the Rockies, Sara enlists the only help she can find: a gruff recluse with tracking skills to admire and a body to covet.

A storm strands Sara and her daughter at Murphy's cabin, leaving her no choice but to hope her in-laws don't catch up while she plans where to run next. Murphy resents the invasion of his privacy, but can't seem to keep his mind-or his hands-off Sara. How can she stand to look at  him, with all his scars? He's not nearly as honorable as she might think...only enough to make sure she's safe, and then he'll go back to being alone, the way he should be.

Content Warning: Sexual content

**Murphy's Law was a 2006 Golden Heart Finalist**