A Date with Desire (The O'Hallorans #4)

He left town to save himself. But leaving her was the mistake that never stopped haunting him.

Years ago, Shane O’Halloran walked away from everything he loved—including Marissa Sousa. Desperate to escape the alcoholism threatening to destroy his life, Shane sold his share of the family’s Irish pub and disappeared from Newport without looking back.

Now sober and working as a carpenter in Piper Cove, Shane has spent years rebuilding his life one day at a time. Quiet. Controlled. Safe. He keeps his distance from the past and from the woman who still has the power to bring him to his knees.

Until an unexpected blind date puts Marissa back in front of him.

Intelligent, compassionate, and devoted to helping others, Marissa Sousa has spent years convincing herself she’s moved on from the man who shattered her heart.

Between long hours as a social worker and the quiet life she’s built for herself, romance has taken a backseat.

But no matter how much time passes, no one has ever come close to Shane.

And the second their eyes meet again, the years apart disappear.

What begins as an awkward reunion quickly turns into lingering touches, late-night conversations, and the kind of chemistry neither of them can ignore.

Shane wants a second chance with the woman he never stopped loving but the ghosts of his past still haunt him, and he’s terrified that loving her again will only end with him hurting her all over again.

Because Marissa was never the woman he feared losing.

She was always the woman he feared destroying.

A steamy small-town second-chance romance featuring a protective Irish alpha hero, a curvy heroine, emotional redemption, sizzling chemistry, and a love powerful enough to bring a broken man home.