She climbed his gate. He never stood a chance.With $42.18 in her bank account and a four-year-old son who finds wonder in everything, Kira Brooks is out of options. Moving back to her family's ranch in Serenity Springs wasn't the plan—but then again, nothing in her life has gone according to plan. When she spots a help-wanted flyer for a personal assistant position at the mysterious Roberts Estate, she decides that a locked gate and a growling voice on the intercom aren't going to stop her.Nathan Roberts hasn't left his estate in two years. The reclusive billionaire has built his life around silence, solitude, and the iron-clad certainty that he's too broken for anyone to love. He's burned through four assistants, and he fully expects the girl in the yellow cardigan to last even less. She won't. He'll make sure of it.But Kira doesn't follow his rules. She fills his grey house with the smell of vanilla and the sound of laughter. Her son leaves crayon drawings on his desk and shows leaves to the sky. And slowly, impossibly, the walls Nathan spent a lifetime building begin to crack.He's too old for her. Too cynical. Too far gone. At least, that's what he tells himself—right up until the moment he realizes he can't breathe without her.A clean contemporary romance about the courage it takes to let yourself be loved—and the God who never stops reaching for His lost children.The Recluse's New Dawn is Book 4 in The Brooks of Silversage series by Ann Laurel.
