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Three years after the tragic events of Annaās sixteenth birthday which saw her boyfriend killed and her kidnapped by his sadistic murderer, sheās no longer the happy-go-lucky girl that everyone used to know and love; sheās now cold, hard and suffers from night terrors.
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Carter is currently serving time for the murder of Jackāa conviction that Anna helped secureābut his retrial is coming up because some key evidence appears to have been tampered with.
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Needing to ensure his daughterās safety, presidential candidate, Senator Spencer, tasks in Ashton Taylor, a newly qualified SWAT agent, to guard the broken girl and keep her safe until the end of the trial.
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For three years Anna has refused to feel emotion or pain. Can Ashton help her rebuild her life and finally deal with the grief of losing her childhood sweetheart? Will he be the one to make her see that life is, in fact, worth living and that not all men will hurt her?
This original edition combines part 1 (Guarding the Broken) and part 2 (Blurring the lines) into one novel of epic proportions!