Book excerpt: She doesn't know how to give up... Off-limits. Boss. Married. But now… There’s a jungle of pain to carve through first, though, and I don’t know if I’m strong enough. All I know is I’m willing to try, if they are. I suspect if we can make it through to the other side that we’ll be unstoppable. It’s the journey that’s a bitch, though. So buckle up, buttercup. It’s going to be a wild ride. Book 3 of the Devastation Trilogy. This MMF contemporary political romance features mature main characters, a secret workplace romance, pining, second-chance love, friends to lovers, a May/December age gap, power exchange, GFY, and a guaranteed series HEA. It is a standalone trilogy set in the world of the Governor Trilogy. George Forrester was first introduced in Lieutenant (Governor Trilogy 2).