Moving to the US was meant to be the fresh start I needed, living closer to my dad and discovering who I was without the problems from my past surrounding me. New house, new friends, new life. I thought I had a chance at becoming the Sadie Dahl I'd always wanted to be-fun loving, free, clean, and happy. It was a dream I was working hard to make a reality, and I thought I'd succeeded.But nothing stays buried, nothing stays hidden, especially with all the information available on the internet today. Jealousy's a curse, but apparently a woman scorned is evil and will do anything she can to get revenge. Then again, I can understand how being forgotten by a man like Elijah Townsend-Rossi would sting. ∞∞∞∞As a kid my dream was to join the Coast Guard. I wanted to save lives, protect our waters, and stop the bad guy. And that's exactly what I'd done. I'd spent years living for Semper Paratus. Dreams shatter when it's your best friend's body that you pull out of the water and almost die trying to save six other sailors from the same vessel, though. Eight years of living and breathing my job had come to an end just as I was due to extend my service, and now I felt like a nomad. I roamed, I slept, I ate, I breathed. I had no purpose, just a void that I couldn't fill and emotions I couldn't get rid of.And then I met Sadie. She amused me with her eccentricities and was unique, opening up a part of the world I hadn't known existed. And damn, she had great sass.Unfortunately, during my roaming I'd made some bad choices that were coming back to bite me-and her. Even worse, they were putting her life at risk with someone from her own past.I might have failed my best friend, but I wasn't going to do the same with her.