Perfect Lies

A trauma survivor. A hidden protector. A deadly threat closing in. She survived the unthinkable. Now she's falling for the new ranch hand. But he isn't who she thinks he is. Lily- I survived my father’s abuse. I survived being assaulted by men who kept me captive for weeks. I rebuilt myself into someone who doesn’t need saving—someone who can’t be broken again. But now, five years later, sinister things are happening on the ranch, and they’re all directed at me. Someone is watching. Waiting. And I refuse to be a victim ever again. Then Hunter arrives, and suddenly my carefully constructed walls are crumbling. He’s supposed to be just a ranch hand I’m training, but he keeps getting closer, prying into my past, making me feel things I swore I never would. And I’m terrified I might actually be falling for him. Can I trust him not to hurt me or am I setting myself up for the worst heartbreak of my life? Hunter- I was hired to protect her. She was just supposed to be another assignment. But the moment I saw her photo, I knew she was everything I never knew I needed. Lily is fierce, guarded, and absolutely worth the risk. I fell hard and fast, despite her pushing me away at every turn. The problem? She doesn’t know I’m her bodyguard. She thinks I’m a new ranch hand. And the closer we get, the worse the guilt suffocates me. I can’t risk being sent away. No one can protect her like I can. But the threat stalking her is deadly, and my lies are a ticking time bomb. When the truth comes out, will she let me close enough to save her—or will my lies be the one thing that finally breaks her? "How long could I keep doing this—being her anchor when I was the one drowning her?"