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

He watched the magnified figure of the lady with hair like fire, hair he had been obsessed with since he saw her, Ellie Summers. He wanted a lock of her hair.

He had decided that's what he would keep as a memory of her once he got his hands on her.

She was a feisty one, escaping from him and now he wouldn't rest till he got to her, it was a thrilling challenge for him, all the things he'd do to her once he got her drove him more towards the goal. He was hungry for her.

So here he was, spying on Rose Summers, she was old, not his type but that hair was a good reminder of Ellie.

He decided it was time, he set the binoculars down and got out of the minivan, heading towards the apartment he had only once before been in.

He soon enough stood in front of the familiar white door of the apartment and rung the bell, he could hear the soft chirpy sound of it from inside as he did.

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