Beautiful Scars by Kelly Seibold

He doesn’t want to be her hero. He wants to be her everything.

Landon Jordan doesn’t know why he is drawn to the biological mother of his sister’s child. Still, from the first moment he touches her, he wants more of her. But he has his own issues to deal with from being injured overseas. Besides, she’s too young for him. But when she is put in danger, he realizes that life is too short, and he vows to make her his.
Courtney Gaines’s life is falling apart. After almost killing her unborn child with her drug use, guilt pushes down so heavily she’s feeling crushed. She definitely doesn’t deserve the former Marine that has appointed himself her protector. He can’t possibly have genuine feelings for her, so she tries to tamp down her growing feelings for her new hero. But he’s getting harder and harder to resist, especially when he’s making her feel safer than she’s felt in her entire life.

Trigger warnings: This story depicts a heroine with mental health issues such as: Bipolar disorder, alcoholism, drug use, ADHD, OCD, and suicidal thoughts.