Unbroken By Us by Nicola Hayes

Unbroken by Us delivers friends-to-lovers, childhood soulmates, a fiercely protective hero, found family, and high-heat romance – raw, emotional, and impossible to put down.

I couldn’t save them, but I’ll burn the world down before I ever fail her.

Stephy has been mine in every way that counts since we were kids. My anchor. My almost. The woman I’ve wanted so long it lives under my skin.

So when she calls me after years apart, voice shaking, whispering my name like a prayer, I’m already moving.

What I find wrecks me.

The fear in her eyes.

The violation in her home.

The truth she tried to shoulder alone.

I take her back to my ranch, where she sleeps for days with her fingers fisted in my shirt… and wakes looking at me like my body is the first place she’s breathed easy in months.

And safety? It turns hot fast. Slow touches that linger too long. The brush of her hips against mine. Her eyes tracing every inch of me like she remembers exactly what it felt like to want me.

Just when it feels like I might finally have the girl I’ve loved my whole damn life…

The darkness she escaped follows us home.

And suddenly this isn’t just best friends falling in too deep.

It’s the sharp, cold realization that danger is closer than either of us thought.

All I know is this:

If I lose her now, there’s no coming back from it.