Book excerpt: Matt Bryant has loved her from a distance for years but now there's a ring in his pocket. He's ready to settle down and forget the grief that has weighed him down from his father's sudden death. It's time for healing and new beginnings.Dani McClaire has hidden from the world for years, embarrassed by past mistakes that still haunt her. She's not sure she can depend on love anymore, especially when it comes from a man too good to be true.When a figure from Dani's past returns and everything she's held dear is threatened to be destroyed, can their love survive long enough for them to reach their happily ever after?Originally published as A Place of Refuge.