Defender
About this ebook
Explosives expert Navy Lieutenant Finn Riddock might be on enforced leave from duty, but that doesn’t mean he’ll walk away from the trouble brewing next door. Especially when his sexy professor neighbor is receiving escalating threats. Nikki Thornton is trying to restore the home of a literary luminary before she opens it to the public, but someone in the neighborhood is determined to stop her. When Finn insists on offering his protection, Nikki can’t deny the combustible attraction. But as their time together ticks down, secrets from the past are set to detonate…
*An earlier draft of this novel was previously published as Highly Charged.
About the author
Joanne Rock is a USA Today bestselling author. She's written over one hundred books, most recently focusing on sexy contemporaries and small-town family sagas. She enjoys romance for prioritizing relationships and encouraging readers to follow their dreams. A frequent speaker at regional and national writing conferences she enjoys giving back to the writing community that nurtured and inspired her early career. She has a Masters degree in Literature from the University of Louisville. When she's not writing, Joanne enjoys travel to gather new ideas.
