Drowned: A Small-Town Military Protector Romance

by Maite Maxwell

Her second chance at life.
His last chance at love.___________
Ashley

I’ve got no money, no job, a home I can’t afford, and my husband left me for our dogsitter—of course, they took my dog. Now I can’t remember the last time I made it through a day without a dose, or ten, of off-label pills from the guy parked behind the convenience store.

This isn’t a cry for help.

I didn’t book this riverboat, swallow my pills with a bottle of tequila, and jump over the side because I wanted to be rescued by this over-muscled lunk.

Give him a week, he says.

I’ll change my mind, he says.

Yeah, right.
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Michael

I never thought I’d take a week off from work, and to captain a riverboat, of all things. I’m a Navy SEAL. It’s like taking a break from fighting forest fires to go extinguish candles for a living. I’m not a low-octane kind of guy.

But Jacob asked me, so I had to consider it. After what happened last year, we’re bound for life, and we’d do anything for each other. Then I get that letter about the investigation, and suddenly time off is exactly what I need. My temper’s short, my head’s not in the game, and my whole career is being threatened.

East Greenwich, here I come. Doesn’t turn out to be the sleepy gig I thought it was. Now I have my hands full, of the saddest, most beautiful woman I’ve ever met.

And if she’ll have me, I’m going to find a way to never let her go.

Hearts Drowned - A Navy SEAL in East Greenwich, Book 1 is a steamy, small-town instalove short read romance.
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For the reader who loves...

🔥 Found family
🔥 Band of brothers
🔥 Small-town
🔥 Rescue romance
🔥 Forced proximity
🔥 Slow burn, fast read
🔥 Descriptions of pancakes
🔥 BIRDS

76 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 10, 2025

About the author

Maite Maxwell fell off a ferris wheel earlier this month. But that's not going to stop her from bringing you her next heart-throbbing series, Hearts Adrift - A Navy SEAL in East Greenwich!