HMBC Quickening

Mackenzie "e;Jo"e; Rodgers isn't running toward a new life-she's running from the old one. After a marriage that left her shattered, Jo disappears into the mountains and buys a house in the small town of Plattegutte, determined to rebuild herself in peace and anonymity. But Plattegutte has other plans. A big-hearted neighbor who won t take no for an answer. A steady single dad next door who s patient enough to wait, and brave enough to see the real Jo. And two unexpected rescues that turn Jo s lonely house into something dangerously close to a home. Just as Jo believes she might belong, a message arrives from her past with knowledge it shouldn t have and questions Jo can t ignore. To keep the life she s building, Jo will have to stop running, face what broke her, and decide who she can trust including herself. Trigger Warnings: Self Harm, Suicide, History of Abuse, Consensual BDSM