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This time, she comes first. No matter the cost. Life with her husband had become an endless waiting game: waiting for him to return from missions, waiting for a baby that never came, waiting for his mother to accept her. So after years of IVF, loneliness, and endless heartbreak, Indie Reed made the impossible choice-she left her husband. But a year later, shortly after returning her unsigned divorce papers, Colt comes home...and Indie needs to decide if she's strong enough to let him in again. One mistake cost Colt Reed the most important thing in his life: his wife. Now he's left the Marines for one reason-to get her back. It wasn't a sacrifice; it was a decision. Because one year without her felt like a lifetime. He didn't choose her when he should have. Didn't notice how his job was affecting her...how she spiraled deeper into depression with each failed round of IVF...or how his own family was treating her. Now, he won't stop fighting until Indie understands she's his only priority. But as Indie and Colt begin to rebuild what's broken, not only does his mother turn out to be more of an obstacle than he ever imagined...but the deadbeat father he hasn't seen in more than twenty-five years suddenly returns. And it's far from a happy reunion. A Small Town, Second Chance, Romantic Suspense from Bestselling Author Nyssa Kathryn.