Life as a single parent is hard, and Maeve knows this better than most. With two beautiful daughters, one vindictive ex-husband and no money, she's desperate to keep her head above water.

Then, when the family court judge orders her to make some changes, she isn't sure where to turn--especially when the tenuous threads of her self-control threaten to unravel. Christian was the last person she expected to come to her rescue.

As an ex-military bodyguard, he's hard and unyielding in all the wrong ways. .

. and in all the right places.

He's tempting and dangerous--exactly the kind of man she doesn't want. And he makes her an offer she can't refuse.

What may have started for convenience is now a mess of tangled sheets and blurred lines. Still, there is danger brewing in the shadows and not everyone is convinced of their happily ever after.

The courts need to believe the relationship is real. But what is her heart forgets that its not?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fourth Wall is a:-Single Mom-Bodyguard-Friends to Lovers-Fake Dating-growing through trauma together*Please see author's note before proceeding*Fourth Wall is a standalone in an interconnected series.