The Marshal Takes a Bride. Renee Ryan

we’re going to settle this. Not only for your sister’s sake, but for yours as well.”

      And maybe even for his own.

      Here, now, in the confines of the school’s supply closet, Trey finally admitted to himself that he’d been moved by this woman and her painful past long before she’d brought Molly to live with her.

      The discovery sat heavy on his heart. How could he have feelings for this woman when his hate and anger drove him so hard? How could he be drawn to Katherine when his only goal should be to avenge his wife’s senseless murder?

      How could he betray Laurette like this, even in the secret corners of his mind?

      “Please.” Her trapped gaze darted to the exit. “Can’t we do this later?”

      He nearly relented at the sight of her unconcealed dismay, at the wave of guilt that had begun to spread through him, but it was time they addressed the real problem standing between them. Without the issue of Molly or the little girl’s future as a buffer. Without his mind consumed with his wife.