Protecting His New Family by Katie Knight

It takes no time to fall in love.
But time is something they don’t have.

Former Navy SEAL Owen Foster has never had time for relationships, not since the girl next door crushed his heart as a boy. But when his brother Carter and sister-in-law Lauren are killed in a tragic car accident, Owen is consumed by guilt that their senseless deaths were his fault.
Now Owen has a chance to make peace with the awful events of his past as he’s given custody of his young nephew Myles. Alongside Lauren’s sister, Sam, they’ll have to find a way to navigate the challenges of co-parenting; something neither of them ever imagined they’d have to do.

The demands of becoming a father soon take their toll on Owen’s lifestyle. Suddenly, the man who’d never allowed his “dates” to stay past breakfast finds himself living with the gorgeous Sam who he’s been attracted to for years. She’s smart and driven and totally out of his league.
As for Sam, she’s convinced she doesn’t have a maternal bone in her body. Committed to her career as a medical researcher, Sam has spent years trying to discover a vaccine for a rare childhood disease. Despite the recent threats against her project, her work is her haven – now is not the time for her to be changing diapers and wiping drool.

But then the threats against Sam’s work amplify and the safety of their new family is put in danger. Finally, Sam is willing to admit that it’s kind of nice to have a big, tough Navy SEAL around. She’s always thought he was sexy and now she’s uncovering his softer side, he’s becoming harder to resist…

Has her change of heart come too little, too late?