Book excerpt: This is book 1 of the Ruined by the Hitman Romance series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now! Rule number one in my line of work: no emotions. And I’m breaking that in a major way. I had a job to do: Put a bullet in Vanessa Powers’ head. From what I’d been told, she deserved every bit of it. But what if everything I’ve been told is a lie? The man who hired me says his ex-wife beat their daughter. He says it’s time for her to die. I’ve never backed out on a job before. It’s not my place to decide what’s right or wrong. But as I’m looking down the barrel of my gun at this beautiful, terrified woman, I make a choice. This one belongs to me. That one decision starts a chain of events that I never could have expected. I’ve gone from hitman to family man in one fell swoop. Now, I have a woman and a daughter to protect from the men who once hired me to kill for them. But I’ll do whatever it takes to keep them safe. I may not be a hired killer anymore. But I’ll always have a bullet to spare for anyone trying to hurt my family.