The Sweetest Picture by Laura Ann

He spent his life behind the camera, footloose and fancy free,
Until a little girl and her mother make him question everything.

Mikaela Greer graduated from the school of hard knocks…multiple times. A mistake as a teenager has taught her how to sacrifice, protect and love with a fierceness she was never shown herself. Scraping out a life for her and her young daughter doesn’t come easy and a move to the small town of Seagull Cove, Oregon is meant to help ease the burden. When a dashing, playful photographer crosses her path, however, her strict no dating policy becomes harder to bear than ever.

Jayden Gordon loves life. So much so, that he can’t see himself settling down into the domesticated role of boyfriend or husband, any time soon. But when he takes pictures for the local elementary school, he befriends a little girl who tugs at his heartstrings. Her sweet desire for a family goes against everything he has planned, but when he meets the wounded and stand-offish mother…Jayden knows he can’t just walk away.

With their friendship slowly blooming into something more, Mikaela’s past comes back with an offer that would fix everything…except her heart.