No Place Like Home: A Marriage In Trouble Second Chance Romance (en Inglés) - Mj Allen

Emerald Sawyer has always been my home.

When everyone else saw a hockey goon who could barely read, Emerald saw someone capable. When my father made me feel stupid, she showed me that struggling didn't make me less. She believed in me long before the rest of the world ever knew my name.

Now I'm Hayden "Haymaker" Sawyer, one of the league's most feared enforcers.

My violence goes viral. My fists sell jerseys. My name is a brand.

Every hit, every fight, every autograph, every brand deal-I told myself I was doing it all for her. To give my wife the life she deserved. I didn't realize I was slowly destroying the one we already had.

The more famous I became, the crueler the attention turned toward Emerald. Fans blamed her for every loss. Women tried to replace her. Hate filled her social media messages. And every time she told me how bad it was getting, I gave her the same answer.

I'll keep you safe.

Until my team starts losing and the pressure reaches a boiling point.

In one vicious, public moment, my temper snaps, and I say something to my wife I can never take back.

Emerald walks away from me.

And while I'm still inside the arena smiling for cameras and signing autographs, a fan wearing my name and number nearly beats my wife to death.

Now I see everything too late.

Emerald is fighting to heal, our marriage is hanging by a thread, and I would give up every dollar, every endorsement, and every second on the ice if it meant making her feel safe again. But the deeper I look into what happened, the more one horrifying truth becomes clear.

This wasn't random.

Someone has been pulling the strings from the shadows, and my agent, Rick Fox, knows exactly how deep this goes.>But to get my wife back, fists won't be enough.

I have to change. I have to listen. I have to prove that when Emerald tells me she isn't safe, I'll believe her. I'll do whatever it takes to bring down the people who came for my wife, earn back the woman I love, and become the man she always believed I could be.

Because Emerald Sawyer isn't just my wife.

She's my heart.

My everything.

My home.

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