THE WALL OF WINNIPEG AND ME

Vanessa Mazur knows she's doing the right thing. She shouldn't feel bad for quitting. Being an assistant/housekeeper/fairy godmother to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was always supposed to be temporary. She has plans and none of them include washing extra-large underwear longer than necessary.

But when Aiden Graves shows up at her door wanting her to come back, she's beyond shocked. For two years, the man known as The Wall of Winnipeg couldn't find it in him to tell her good morning or congratulate her on her birthday. Now? He's asking for the unthinkable. What do you say to the man who is used to getting everything he wants? Mariana Zapata is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Lingus, Kulti, and Under Locke. A native Texan, she now makes her home in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, with her husband, Chris, and their two Great Danes.