Protecting What's Mine

Summary: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lucy Score welcomes readers to the fictional town of Benevolence, Maryland with a fiery enemies to lovers romance between the playboy fire chief the fierce new trauma surgeon that can't help but carve out a place for herself at his fire scenes, around his neighborhood, and in his bed. Fire Chief Lincoln Reed is known for his heroics in the fire department and in the bedroom. Life is a never-ending good time. Until flight trauma surgeon Mackenzie O'Neil lands in the middle of the accident scene he’s working…and then it turns out she's his new neighbor. Too bad she’s immune to flirty first responders.Mackenzie is on a crash course with burnout. She’s got a scar on her face and a shake in her hands. A temporary job as in a small-town family medical practice is just the prescription. She’ll learn to meditate. Sleep more. Take up gardening.She definitely won’t take her shirtless, firefighting neighbor’s hot body for a test drive.But Linc and his tattoos are very persuasive. What’s a harmless little adrenaline-fueled fling between neighbors? It’s all naked fun and games until the shadows from Mack’s past find their way into her present. Can Linc be her hero when she needs him the most or will their scars ruin everything?One thing is certain: Someone is going to get burned. Bestselling author: Lucy Score is the New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author of Things We Never Got Over which has sold over 166,000 copies on Bookscan.Growing readership: Protecting What's Mine (1/16/20) has sold 1,712 copies on Bookscan, with 601 of them sold so far this year, nearly double the number of copies sold last year (316).Devoted fanbase: Lucy has over 220k newsletter subscribers. We have acquired 24 of Lucy's backlist titles, all of which are selling on an upward trend.Series info: Third in the Benevolence series; not necessary to read in order.Author/story location: This story takes place in the fictional town of Benevolence, Maryland; Lucy Score lives in Pennsylvania.Author Bio: LUCY SCORE is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She grew up in a literary family who insisted that the dinner table was for reading and earned a degree in journalism. She writes full-time from the Pennsylvania home she and Mr. Lucy share with their obnoxious cat, Cleo. When not spending hours crafting heartbreaker heroes and kick-ass heroines, Lucy can be found on the couch, in the kitchen, or at the gym. She hopes to someday write from a sailboat, oceanfront condo, or tropical island with reliable Wi-Fi.