No Good Fights

Birch Harbor: Coming Home

by Rue Lennox

She ran for her life. He decided to stand and fight.
I didn’t plan to fall for Ryder Cook.
I barely planned to survive.
Ryder is the man everyone trusts—the firefighter who runs toward danger without hesitation, who keeps his emotions locked down and his promises unbroken. He’s steady. Controlled. Safe.
Until he looks at me and sees what I’ve been hiding.
Until he realizes my past isn’t done with me.
Until protecting me stops being a favor—and starts becoming personal.
I’m not looking for a hero.
I’m not looking for love.
But when my ex refuses to let me leave quietly—when fear starts closing in from every direction—Ryder is the one who stays. The one who listens. The one who lets me choose… even as his need to protect me sharpens into something dark and unyielding.
The closer we get, the more dangerous everything becomes.
Because the man hunting me doesn’t just want me back—
he wants to punish me for choosing someone else.
And Ryder?
He doesn’t back down from fights he can’t win.
He doesn’t walk away when things get ugly.
He stands his ground.
For me.
And loving a man like that might be the most dangerous choice I’ve ever made.

Dark(ish), high-heat romantic suspense with a consent-forward protector and a heroine who refuses to shrink. HEA guaranteed.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication July 25, 2026

About the author

You know the stories Rue loves to write. The ones filled with heroes who make you swoon, anti-heroes who smile viciously as the world burns down around them, just as long as the woman they love stands at their side… Then there are the happily ever afters that bring you to your knees whether you want to be there or not.