Chiseled by Zahra Girard

I’m a changed man. But you threaten her, and there ain’t nothing that’ll f*cking save you from me.
Ten years ago, I made a decision: family over self. I took the fall.
Hardest choice I’ve ever made, but I never doubted whether it was the right one.
Until now.
Until bodies started turning up.

Now, I’m headed home — to the small town I’d hoped I’d never see again, to the woman I could never forget. Jessica Myles.
She’s mine, whether she wants to admit it or not. And I’m going to show her I’m the only man for her.
But to get the two of us out of this alive, I’ll have to be the criminal she thinks I am.
Ten years ago, the man I loved more than any other inspired me to become a police officer.
By wrecking me.

The cops dragged him from his car, cuffed him, and his confession left me broken.
How I could let him get away with everything right under my eyes?
I swore I’d never let anything like that happen to me again.
Now, ten years later, he’s back in town with a rap sheet a mile long. And it’s my job to keep an eye on him.
Shane says he’s changed.
I’ll be the judge of that.