Book Name: Warding Her Heart
ARC Sign Up Form Closes: 01/09/2026 (1st September 2026)
ARC Release Date: 15/09/2026 (15th September 2026)
Release Date: 06/10/2026 (10th November 2026)
On the west coast of Tasmania, Australia, wandering off alone amongst the dense forests and rugged terrain is deadly.
For a desperate woman on the run, the wilderness is the only place left to hide—until a rugged silver fox uncovers her secret.
With his canine friend at his side, they’ll do anything to keep her safe.
Alexis
I used to dream about finding my happily ever after.
Now, I dream about escaping the one my stalker—a monster who hides behind his father’s influence and his golden-boy facade—planned for me.
Unable to reach my best friends on the mainland, or ask for help without risking their lives, I fled into the remote wilderness of the west coast, where small towns are few and far between.
Out here, it’s easy to get lost amongst the trees.
Easier still to lose yourself.
As days turn to months and my hopes of escape dwindle, even the vast temperate rainforests I once loved to explore begin to feel like a prison.
What’s the point of fighting to survive when the very people who are meant to protect me don’t believe I’m worth fighting for?
Marcus
Haunted by my brother’s murder and my mother’s death soon after, I moved to Tasmania’s west coast for a fresh start.
Living on the outskirts of a tiny town off a stretch of highway dubbed the ‘Road to Nowhere’ has its perks: peace, quiet, a close-knit community, and plenty of land for me and my failed K9, Tex, to explore.
The downside? It’s hard to meet that special someone when eligible women are usually just passing through.
Harder still when I introduce myself to the town’s reclusive new resident by smacking her in the face with a door.
In trying to return the package she leaves behind after our awkward first encounter, I find myself on the trail of a woman authorities refuse to acknowledge is missing, despite a couple’s desperate plea.
Find Alexis Sinclair.
When I track her through the dense rainforest bordering my land, it becomes clear I’m not the only one searching for Alexis.
Learning the truth behind her disappearance only makes me more determined to keep her safe.
I protect what’s mine—even if it means sacrificing my heart to help her find her way home.
Tropes: Heroine on the run/in hiding, Age Gap (she’s 29, he’s 45), Only One Bed, Meet ‘oops’, Hurt/Comfort, Mischievous Animal Companion, Small Town, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn Spice, Childfree HEA, Protective Blue Collar Hero, Hyper-independent mid-size heroine.
Trigger Warnings:
- Biting and marking
- Breeding (without the consequences)
- Cumplay (light)
- Dubious consent (brief)
- Impact play (light, spanking)
- Overstimulation
- Trigger Warnings
- On page depictions of:
- Anxiety & anxiety attacks
- Car crash
- Depression
- Disappearance of a loved one
- Dissociation & dissociative episodes
- Fainting
- Food scarcity & rationing
- Grief
- Guns (not discharged)
- Homelessness
- Injury (cuts and contusions; dislocated shoulder; knee injury; minor concussion &
- whiplash)
- Kidnapping/abduction
- Knives and other implements used as weapons/to cause serious injury
- Nightmares & night terrors
- PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- Sexual content (explicit)
- Stalking (of FMC by side character)
- Threats of sexual violence and/or rape (side character towards FMC)
- Violence (by/towards side character)
- Violence towards an animal (by a side character, animal unharmed)
Brief, mentioned, and/or alluded to:
- Abandonment by a parent (past)
- Absent/negligent parent
- Abuse of power (by secondary/minor characters)
- Alzheimer's (minor character)
- Blackmail (secondary character towards FMC, past)
- Breaking & entering (secondary character, past)
- Cancer (minor character, past)
- Death of a friend (past)
- Death of a parent (past)
- Death of a sibling (past)
- Eye trauma (side character, past)
- Gaslighting (past)
- Hunting (off page)
- Incest (between secondary and minor character, off page, past)
- Involuntary pregnancy (threatened by side character towards FMC; of a minor character
- by a secondary character; past)
- Loss of vision (side character, past)
- Military service & deployment (side character, past)
- Murder (of minor characters (not by MCs); by a side character; past)
- Rape (threatened by side character towards FMC; of a minor character by a side
- character, off page; past)
- Scars
- Sexism & misogyny (minor/side characters towards FMC, past)
- Sexual assault (threatened by side character towards FMC; of a minor character by a
- side character, off page; past)
- Sexual harassment (threatened by side character towards FMC, past)
- Sibling abuse (of a minor character by a side character, off page; past)
- Slut-shaming (side character towards FMC)
- Sterilisation (elective, desired, past)
- Stroke (minor character, off page, past)
- Suicidal ideation
- Surgery (past)
- Teen pregnancy (minor character, past)
- Use of spyware (secondary character towards FMC, past)
- Victim blaming (towards FMC, past)
- Workplace harassment (towards FMC, past)