Every girl has that one guy...that one guy who steals her heart and never gives it back.

We were all friends...until we weren't. We depended on each other...until we couldn't. We were in love...until we were ripped apart. We moved on...even when we didn't want to let go.

This is our love story.

This standalone novel contains material that some may find disturbing. Intended for mature readers only.

I'm writing this because you begged. You know how I love the begging. In fact, you probably know too many things and know them far too well.

Who am I? Well, that's what I'm trying to figure out. I was a whore in my youth, a killer since my adolescence, and a monster as a man. I am the man who kidnapped Livvie. I am the man who held her in a dark room for weeks. But, most importantly, I am the man she loves. She loves me. It's quite sick, isn't it?

Of course, there's more to our story than can be surmised in a few short sentences, but I'm at a loss for justifying my behavior back then. I assume if you're reading this, I don't need to make those justifications. You've already made your own.

You're reading this because you want to know about the rest of the story. You want to know what happened that warm summer night in September of 2010, the night I met Livvie at The Paseo. It was the night my life changed all over again. It didn't happen exactly as Livvie said. She's been very kind to me in the retelling of our story. The truth is far more...complicated.

Have you ever fallen in love with the wrong person—or the person who feels they are wrong for you?

Nobody's Hero is the continuing romantic journey of Adam and Karla, which began in Masters at Arms & Nobody's Angel. Retired Marine Master Sergeant Adam Montague has battled through four combat zones but now finds himself retreating from Karla Paxton, who has declared war on his heart. With a significant age difference, he feels he should be her guardian and protector, not her lover. But Karla's knack for turning up in his bed at inopportune times is killing his resolve to do the right thing.

Karla isn't the young girl he rescued nine years earlier—something his body reminds him of every chance it gets. Their age difference is only part of the problem. Fifty-year-old Adam has been a collector of lost and vulnerable souls most of his life, but a secret he has run from for more than three decades has kept him emotionally unable to admit love for anyone.

Will Karla be able to break through the defenses around his heart and help him put the ghosts from his past to rest? In her all-out war to get Adam to surrender his heart, will the strong-willed Goth singer offer herself as his submissive and, if so, at what cost to herself?