Mending Our Chance by Alexa Michaels

She’s fighting to build an empire. He’s the decorated soldier who couldn’t leave the battle behind. When they’re thrown back together, can they resist a second chance at love?
Professor Felicity is an outcast. Determined to make a name for herself without her affluent Italian family, she teaches by day and does business consulting on the side. But when the love of her life arrives looking for her services, Felicity fears the past is about to unravel in her present.

Marcus Bowers left the Marines with a Purple Heart to make his mark in the world and make his family proud. But he never suspected he’d cross paths with the woman who tamed him. And when she demands he keep their relationship professional, Marcus worries everything he has will crumble.
When betrayal strikes and throws a wrench in their efforts, Felicity still agonizes that they can’t build a business and rekindle desire at the same time. And though Marcus feels the heat blazing between them, he is scared his professional efforts will destroy any shot he has at winning her back.

Can this fated couple mend from the fires of deception and find love in the midst of the ashes?