Black Roses: A Mitchell Sisters Novel

Piper Mitchell didn't come home to stay—she came home to escape, and the last thing she needs is a cocky football star with a dimpled grin standing between her and the exit.

Piper's return to her college town was supposed to be temporary. Say the right things, smile the right smiles, and disappear before anyone gets too close. She's an expert at keeping people at arm's length, and the mysterious brand hidden beneath her sleeve is proof of a past she refuses to revisit. Mason Crawford is exactly the kind of distraction she cannot afford—charming, persistent, and maddeningly good at seeing through people's walls.

But Mason isn't just the charismatic football star every woman on campus notices. He's also a devoted single dad carrying his own complicated history, and