MALIEA'S HERO - ELLE JAMES

Ex-Navy SEAL, Reid Bennet left the military after his wife left him and took their daughter. Now in Hawaii, he's working for Hank Patterson's Brotherhood Protectors Hawaii division. With no intention of remarrying or having children he's content with his current assignment on Oahu, providing security for a film crew. 

Maliea Kaleiopu works two jobs to support herself and her three-year-old daughter. When Maliea arrives home to find it ransacked and her daughter's room destroyed, she's shocked and scared. Luckily her daughter was with a friend. Worried the attack on her home isn't random, she seeks help. Her friend, Tish, sends her to the Brotherhood Protector who'd looked after her in her own time of need. If anyone could protect Maliea, it was him.

After a long week of running interference between curious tourists and the temperamental cast and film crew, Reid returns to his cabin for much-needed rest. Rest isn't in his cards when he discovers a woman and her child have taken up residence, claiming they need protection. Knowing the little girl will stir too many memories, Reid suggests they be assigned another protector. While waiting for his replacement, Reid helps the woman wade through her father's effects only to find his apartment has been ransacked as well. When they're followed back to Reid's cabin, he's worried Maliea and her daughter are in physical danger. Once the little girl wraps her arms around his neck, Reid's hooked. He can't let someone else take over the responsibility for her life and that of her beautiful mother.  

Reid works with the brotherhood searching for the stalker behind the attacks. He hopes to stop the aggressor before he brings harm to the mother and child who come to mean everything to Reid, despite his desire to leave his heart out of the equation.