Collateral Hearts

Jameson Carter came home early from deployment, thinking distance was the hardest part of war. He was wrong.

One night. One open door. One betrayal that shatters everything he believed awaited him. With his marriage in ruins and his trust destroyed, Jameson struggles to find himself without the uniform, without the life he fought to return to. Anger shields him. Isolation protects him. Love is no longer an option, just another risk he won't take.
Then he meets Kaylee. She's not part of his past. She's not trying to fix him. And she isn't afraid of his scars.

What begins as something simple, uncomplicated, unpromised, slowly becomes something Jameson never expected: a reason to breathe again. But healing isn't linear, and ghosts don't disappear just because someone new walks in.
As Jameson confronts betrayal, grief, and the terrifying possibility of starting over, he must decide if love is worth risking his heart one last time or if some wounds were never meant to heal.