The Fighter who Needed Me by Rachelle Stevensen

Brooks Parker’s life has never been easy. Losing his mother at a young age and forced to grow up on the streets with no one but his best friend at his side was difficult to say the least. They literally fought their way through those dark days, and he never wanted to go back to that again. When he finds the woman who is meant to be his, he vows to do everything he can to protect her from those who only want to use her. Except she is taken in the dead of night and he dies inside knowing he failed in his vow. Going back to his roots and fighting as the Angel’s King is all that keeps him sane when all he feels is anger. He knows she is being forced to wed and forced to live a lie, and he hates that he wasn’t able to protect her. Will their love be able to survive through all the pain? Will he be able to save her after all?

Persephone Barrett has never been able to live a normal life. She doesn’t know what a normal life is. Stuck in the clutches of her parents she longs for just one day where she isn’t fed drugs and forced to sit in the confines of her wheeled chair and treated like a sick invalid. She wants to experience love and warmth and the feeling of belonging. Something she has missed her entire life. Taken against her will and imprisoned, she finally finds that love in Brooks when he saves her from it all. His love makes her wish she could choose her life, with him. She doesn’t want to live the life her parents chose for her. Not wanting to marry a man old enough to be her father. Will she be able to get away from her parents? Will she choose the man who is willing to give it all up for her?