Across the Bridge to You

She has a future to build. He must learn that loving her does not mean taking control.Maribella Suárez-Acosta works nights in a Juárez club and spends her days training to become a pediatric nurse. Every peso already belongs to tuition, her grandmother's medicine, or her younger brother's future. She has no room for romance-and even less trust for the American Border Patrol agent who steps into a dangerous moment behind the club.Border Patrol Agent Brian Hagen is calm in a crisis, painfully honest, and accustomed to solving problems before anyone asks. When a practical bargain turns into language lessons, shared coffee, and long walks across the Paso del Norte bridge, he begins to see Maribella's city-and Maribella herself-beyond every assumption he carried.She sees the steadiness beneath his uniform. He sees the tenderness beneath her armor.But when Brian's instinct to protect becomes an attempt to decide for her, Maribella refuses to exchange one kind of danger for another. Before they can build a life on either side of the border, he must learn to stand beside her instead of in front of her-and she must decide whether accepting love can still leave every choice in her hands.An open-door spicy romance featuring a capable nurse heroine, a protective hero who earns his second chance, bilingual banter, family bonds and a hard-won happily ever after.