The Ruthless and the Strong by V.T. Do

Max:
Six years ago, I watched the woman I love marry another man.
Lizzie O’Connor has always been nothing more than my ward’s best friend.
Until she wasn’t. And I pushed her away and into the arms of another man.
I tried to move on, but I couldn’t forget her.
Six years later, she comes back home with her five-year-old son after her divorce.
This is my second chance to make things right.
To make her mine.
Only, I’m not the kind of man she should fall for.
I’m someone she should stay far away from.
And if I were a better man, I would let her go.
If only I knew how.

Lizzie:
Maxwell Kade has always represented everything good and perfect in this world.
He’s steady and solid.
Strong and secure.
He is someone every little girl dreams of marrying when they grow up.
Their very own Prince Charming.
And for so long, he has been that man for me.
Until he wasn’t.
Six years of pain and distance have passed between us.
I changed. I am no longer that fanciful little girl with stars in her eyes.
And even still, I want him.
I crave him.
I have never stopped loving him.
I shouldn’t fall for him again.
I should stay away from him.
If only I knew how.