Keeper of Her Heart: Closed-Door Edition

Allison Mei Collins came home from Paris with a broken heart, a chef's knife, and one promise to herself: Pierre Couture would never get the chance to hurt her twice.Then she finds him in Dallas.Two years after their breakup, Pierre looks straight at the woman he once loved-and pretends he doesn't know her.Allison should walk away.She doesn't.Because the chemistry they left behind in Paris is still there, tangled up with anger, pride, unfinished business, and everything neither of them was brave enough to say.Pierre has spent two years convincing himself he moved on.He hasn't.And when Allison finally lands the career opportunity she's dreamed of, Pierre makes one well-intentioned decision behind her back that could destroy any chance they have of rebuilding what Paris broke.Now love isn't the problem.Trust is.As Allison fights to prove she belongs in a demanding Dallas kitchen, Pierre has to learn that loving her doesn't mean managing her life. And when their attraction comes roaring back, so does the push and pull that has always existed between them-except Allison isn't the woman who once automatically followed his lead.Now she challenges him.Teases him.Pushes every button he has.And Pierre is discovering he may like her stubborn streak far more than he should.Romantic, emotional, witty, and full of simmering chemistry, Keeper of Her Heart is a second-chance love story about ambition, pride, forgiveness, and finally learning to say what you need.This Closed-Door Edition contains the complete romance and emotional storyline of Keeper of Her Heart, with intimate scenes fading to black.Content warnings: emotional betrayal, career interference, burnout, parental abandonment, family conflict, and consensual adult romantic power dynamics.