Pulled Within — Marni Mann

What happens when the one person who is supposed to love you unconditionally and protect you from pain is actually the source of your scars?

Everything changed for Rae Ryan when Drew Stevens arrived in Bar Harbor. Saint, the man she really cared for, no longer wants anything to do with her and their rift ends up costing her job. With her best friend, Brady, dealing with his own darkness, Rae finds herself completely alone.

Her world shifts further after a chance encounter with Hart, her first love who's recently returned to town. Despite the agonizing ache she felt when he left her behind, the memories of their time together remind her of the lighter days. A time before she had her scars. But she's not that carefree girl anymore-she's hardened, damaged. She's pulled within.

Just as Rae starts to open her heart and let her emotions untangle and heal, she spots that terrifyingly familiar, rusty old pickup at the local tavern. Her nightmare from the past has returned-and she couldn't be in a more vulnerable place to feel the pain he was capable of inflicting…