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Y/N came to a small town looking for a fresh start, not a forty-year-old tattooed mechanic with a sharp mouth, a protective streak, and absolutely no patience for her stubbornness. Jace is everything she should avoid: older, intimidating, authoritative, and far too good at seeing through her defenses. But when her past refuses to stay buried and the people who were supposed to protect her still don’t understand, Jace becomes the one person who never asks her to make herself smaller. Slow burn, age gap, hurt/comfort, protective grump, daddy issues, and one very bad ex.