Josie and Huck got each other through the last year of High School. Neither were ready to admit just how much they meant to each other and they drifted apart.  Huck always assumed that Josie got out of her abusive home, where her father liked to neglect her and became the sonographer she dreamed of being.  But when they meet again he sees that she is once again living in fear.  That's something he can't and won't ignore!

Huck is the kind of man who sees a problem and longs to fix it.  He doesn't care that it may impinge on his life or his work, he just wants to help and he sees Josie as his friend to help.  As they spend more time together they realise that there is a lot more to them than friendship but Josie has a lot of trauma to get past before they can have their HEA.

Everything that can be seen as shaming, embarrassing, or trauma inducing is seen and heard loudly. The Harper Security OPs males are the best at communication - they sometimes put their foot in it but they own their mistakes and it's never intended in malice.  Huck is just as emotive and in touch with his feelings - maybe because of growing up with his self reliant mother. 

It was great to see all my fave HSO couples popping up to lend a hand and thankfully the odious ex gets what's coming to him.  He's obviously a bit dim as Huck's first "chat" with the abusive slug didn't take!