Ten — Tia Fielding

A Love by Numbers Story Can two broken men build one life? Ten years. That''s what Makai lost for a crime he didn''t commit. He''s been exonerated, but the abuse he suffered in prison isn''t so easy to leave behind. He heads to the one place he remembers being happy: Acker, Wisconsin, where he spent summers with his grandpa. Unfortunately, not everyone wants Makai there. Ten days. That''s how long Emil, now twenty-one, was held prisoner as a teenager. The mental and physical injuries he suffered at the hands of a drug trafficking ring still haunt him. Nightmares, anxiety, and PTSD challenge the connection forming between Makai and Emil, though together, they might find a way to move beyond their pain and into a future-and a relationship-that both had thought impossible. Now they just have to convince Emil''s father, the town sheriff. It won''t be easy with danger closer than they know..