Bishop — T.K. Eldridge

Some promises were made to be broken.For Logan McMann, family was complicated. He'd left Lakeridge, North Carolina when he finished high school and never considered moving back - until his chosen family asked for his help. A life built on promises and vows, Logan finds himself on shaky ground as he leaves the priesthood and takes up the mantle of behavioral psychologist for the FBIS. It's a fresh start, a new beginning, and a place of his own to heal his shattered heart - until it's interrupted by the arrival of an unexpected roommate. Hudson Hayes had lost his family and nearly his life in the explosion that took his sister and nephew. Then Red Jefferson brought him to North Carolina and gave him a new place to settle in and heal his body and spirit, and a renewed purpose as part of his FBIS investigative team. It didn't take long before Hudson realized that Red had brought him to his home, and the village, so he could heal around family. He wasn't sure he'd call any of them family. If he was being honest with himself, Hudson didn't want anyone to be family. If he couldn't have his Helena and Brady, then he didn't want anyone.When their eyes met, Logan felt the ground shift so suddenly that he actually stumbled.This was not the time for this to be happening. He wasn't ready. He had to figure himself out first. There had been too much chaos in his life to even consider a romantic entanglement before he'd had a chance to process everything. He'd just have to keep his distance and hope Hudson got his own place sooner rather than later.Neither Logan nor Hudson want the situation they're stuck in, but they are both needed to help take down the organization behind the deaths of Wes Davenport - and Hudson's sister and nephew. Logan, Alex had said. You want to know how to recognize family? Look for the people holding your hand when times get tough. Look at the ones that stand by your side when you're forced to do things you never would have thought yourself capable of. Those people? That's your true family.Forced to deal with each other, they soon find that chosen family can fill the empty spaces, and help heal broken hearts.