Inking the Soldier

I’m lucky to be working my dream job in a tattoo parlor. And now I get to tattoo my dream man?

Kayden was a dog handler in the Marines, and now he wants to get his service animal tattooed on his muscled shoulder. No way an older, experienced guy would look twice at a curvy girl like me. Right?

I’m shocked when he tells me, the rookie, to tattoo the piece. His body is a work of art, the sort that makes women—okay, me—swoon and obsess.

How am I going to focus on my work when he’s shirtless? I try to banish the steamy thoughts. I tell myself it’s innocent, but his eyes tell a different story.

One night I see the darkness in him, the pain. I pry too much, and he tells me to back off. Will his past keep us apart?

Can I break down his walls, or is he going to break my heart instead?