Finally Mine by Lucy Score

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Never Got Over If he doesn?t end up naked and spread eagle on my bed I. Will. Die. Gloria is due a happily ever after. She?s lost ten years to a toxic, dangerous relationship. Now that she?s finally free_and medicating with makeovers and margaritas in her mother?s kitchen_she has a long road ahead of her remembering who she really is. She?s scarred. But scarred doesn?t mean broken. While Gloria?s deciding to take the next decade off from men, along comes larger-than-life, hometown hero Aldo Moretta. He?s saying all the right things and flirting in all the right ways. He?s deploying for six months and wants a date?with Gloria?when he comes back. Swoon. Panic. One kiss, one dazzling, remember-for-a-lifetime kiss and he?s gone. But life and happily ever afters don?t always take the straight path. When Aldo?s deployment is cut short by an injury, it?s up to Gloria to be the hero for them both. Author?s You will laugh, cry, and fall head over face for Gloria and Aldo. And the evil rescue kitten. Also the four-letter-word-loving, commando-going Mrs. Moretta who?s just in it for the cookies.