Settle the Score by Haven Rose

Good can come from the ashes of tragedy.
Aeryn Willoughby is proof of that. At least she tries to be. Her childhood read like a Grimm Brothers novel, but her mom was a beacon in the darkness. Until she was gone. After losing her, Aeryn made a deal with the devil. Freedom for her silence.
Justice isn’t always black and white.
Tucker Baines knows this. Rules must be followed, and when they can’t be, you bend them. As a cop, he’s fully aware that things may not be as they seem, he just never expected that to be true of the woman he knows is his as soon as she meets her.
When their paths cross because of a case, both feel the pull, but one tries to ignore it. To protect the other at all costs.
Even if the price is their happiness. Or worse, their life.

Possible triggers: In this story, you’ll find references to domestic abuse, perhaps injuries sustained from it, but no on page occurrences. (None involve the Hero or heroine.)