Shattered Illusions

They're best friends turned bitter enemies. Forced to live together, they call a truce and sparks ignite. But someone is watching. Someone who'll do anything to destroy her...Roxie Jameson is often called a workaholic. She prefers to call herself driven. As the owner of Comfort Food, a café and catering company on Hudson Island, she embraces the constant hustle of entrepreneurial life. Especially since her jam-packed to-do list gives her zero time to dwell on how tired and lonely she is. But when her archnemesis-and former best friend-returns to the island, Roxie's structured schedule gets thrown off course.Joe Buchanan has resigned from the FBI and returns home to Hudson Island without a plan. He's at a crossroads both professionally and personally. However, before he can determine his next move, he must fix the friendship with Roxie that he so callously destroyed three years ago-and acknowledge his long-denied feelings for her.While Roxie and Joe learn to forgive their past mistakes, they find themselves increasingly and irresistibly drawn together. But when a mysterious threat emerges, will their fragile relationship endure? And will they find a way to trust each other before it's too late?Author's Note: Please check the author's website for all tropes and CWs.