Ellie Summers, a sweet, awkward girl who speaks her mind without thinking was leading her own normal life, barely making ends meet after getting fresh out of college and pursuing an editing job but all that normality goes down the drain when a man is literally dropped dead in front of her and she is shoved into drama that she didn't ask for.
This unfortunate event makes her end up in the refuge of Jason Parker. A tall, brooding ex-marine and a man of few words. His norm is to go about with his day without much human interaction, just the way he likes it but even he isn't able to completely ignore colorful Ellie Parker who tests him in ways he never has been.
 
Will Ellie be able to add color to Jason's life?
Will Jason let her into his world?
Will Ellie survive the mess she has been shoved into?
Publisher：i&i Publisher

In His Refuge

/"This daiquiri is really amazing, so fruity/" she said, taking hearty sips of her drink.

It was her fourth daiquiri and Jason had asked the bartender to secretly make them virgin after she had the first two with rum, he didn't want her getting drunk, it was absolutely pitiful to see her with a hangover, he had experienced that firsthand after their first date.

/"I bet they are/" he said giving her a small smile as he sipped on his huge glass of foamy beer.

They had been here for about an hour now and they were having a good time as she told him all about her job back in New York, her friends, and her life there.

She spun on her stool yet again even after he told her not to do that and this time she was almost about to slip off if it wasn't for him stabilizing her and saving her the embarrassment of falling on her ass.

Bar Meeting