Jude: I’m just coming back to Brooklyn for my brother’s wedding. Nothing can make me stay from this place I once desperately wanted to escape. Not even the hot bar owner who gets off on being bossed around and spanked. But how am I ever supposed to trust someone with my heart after what Grant did to me?

Max: After Patrick died, I didn’t think I’d ever fall in love again. But when Jude walks into the bar with his smart mouth and lust-filled eyes, I can’t help myself. His need to control is unlike any other, and I’m more than happy to give him what he craves…

Calvin

All I want for Christmas is to get over my ex. I gave him my first time, and all I got in return was being told I’m “not a great lay.” Starting grad school in January should be my main focus, but what happened with Jesse is all I can think about. I’m hoping to get a second opinion while volunteering at this year’s holiday village, but unfortunately, the guy I’m stuck working with is the most popular guy from high school. And he’s just as annoyingly hot as ever. But if there’s anyone in the world who could help me with this particular problem, it’s Harlow Vine.

Harlow

After I graduated high school, I never thought I’d see Calvin Simms again. He was headed for bigger and better things, and I was . . . not. I didn’t think we’d ever speak again when he left town four years ago, so I’m shocked when he asks for my help. Especially when I learn that what he wants is tips on being better in bed. He looks at it like another school project to check off his color-coded to-do list; he doesn’t realize lust is raw and primal and can’t be planned. He also has no idea that when he gives in to desire, he’s a firecracker in the bed. And suddenly, two weeks doesn’t seem like nearly enough time for all the things I want to do with him.

Rhys

I’ve belonged to Tony for a long, long time. Long enough that I’m starting to forget who I was before he started selling my body. Even though I’m twenty now, I still won’t leave him. He’s watching my family, and I won’t let my little brother get hurt just so I can be free. I’ve gotten used to it. Used to keeping everyone else in my small world at arm’s length. Until Parker Lewis walks into my life.

Parker

I hate office parties. But Cameron—my brother and boss—insists I attend the final one of the year. Ringing in the new year with a bunch of drunk colleagues isn’t exactly how I want to spend the night. I’ve sought refuge in an unused office when I catch a glimpse of the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. And he’s getting hit by the a-hole from accounting. I can’t stop myself from helping the guy, even though I know I shouldn’t get involved. From the moment I meet Rhys, I feel an instant connection, and I can’t get enough of him. But with both our hearts so heavily scarred, can they ever really beat again?

Welcome to the We Found Love series, where every book is about scarred heroes who come back to face their pasts, and the men who fall in love with them. Each book is a standalone and can be read in any order.

TW: While Wreck Me Gently is a romance with an HEA, it also contains discussions and scenes of sexual assault the characters experience.

Shawn

I’ve been running all my life. I ran from my alcoholic and abusive father, ran from the horrifying foster homes the state placed me in. And then I ran from the only home I ever felt safe in. The one where I met and fell in love with Lucas Miller. I never told him the truth about why I abandoned him right after his sister was diagnosed with cancer, and I never thought I’d have to see him again. Until my job brings me right back into Lucas’s world, and my foolish heart puts me right back in his arms.

Lucas

It’s been eight years since my sister died. Eight years since the one guy I fell in love with ran away in the middle of the night rather than stay for Natalie’s last few months. Now Shawn has blown back into Charleston, and I’m determined to find out the truth about why he left without so much as a goodbye all those years ago. But the moment I’m near him again, all those feelings come rushing back. Just like that summer we met, I can’t get enough of him. Or his body. But how am I supposed to open my heart again to the first person who ever broke it?

Judson

It's been six years since I ran away from Boulder. Six years since my best friend and I escaped a kidnapper who'd held us captive for two weeks. Six years since I left him to deal with the aftermath on his own. I've only come back now because is having her first baby, and I'll be damned if I'm not there when my nephew is born. But my plans to avoid my estranged best friend go out the window when I meet him working as a nurse as the local hospital. Instantly, all those memories I've held back rush in, and all I want is to be near him again.

River

When I come face to face with Judson Clark for the first time since we were seventeen, I almost punch him. And then I almost kiss him. He used to be my everything. He was there for me when my mom died; he refused to leave Ian's house of horror without me. But once we escaped, he vanished. Now here he is in front of me again, and despite everything that happened, I still want him just as badly as I did back then . . .

Welcome to the We Found Love series, where every book is about scarred heroes who come back to face their pasts, and the men who fall in love with them. Each book is a standalone and can be read in any order.

TW: While Bruise Me Tenderly is a romance with an HEA, it also contains discussions and flashbacks to sexual assault Judson and River experience as teenagers.

Calvin

All I want for Christmas is to get over my ex. I gave him my first time, and all I got in return was being told I'm “not a great lay.” Starting grad school in January should be my main focus, but what happened with Jesse is all I can think about. I'm hoping to get a second opinion while volunteering at this year's holiday village, but unfortunately, the guy I'm stuck working with is the most popular guy from high school. And he's just as annoyingly hot as ever. But if there's anyone in the world who could help me with this particular problem, it's Harlow Vine.

Harlow

After I graduated high school, I never thought I'd see Calvin Simms again. He was headed for bigger and better things, and I was . . . not. I didnt think wed ever speak again when he left town four years ago, so I'm shocked when he asks for my help. Especially when I learn that what he wants is tips on being better in bed. He looks at it like another school project to check off his color-coded to-do list; he doesn't realize lust is raw and primal and can't be planned. He also has no idea that when he gives in to desire, he's a firecracker in the bed. And suddenly, two weeks doesn't seem like nearly enough time for all the things I want to do with him.