**What happens when the one man sworn to protect his heart can't resist the woman fate hand-picked to break down every wall he's built?**

Natalie Callahan just needs a job. What she gets is a bucket of gold paint, a knee to the ribs of a billionaire Alpha linebacker, and somehow — the job anyway.

Roman Crawford is a rogue Alpha. A widowed single dad. A man who buried his heart with his late wife and swore no one would ever get close enough to hurt him — or his son — again.

Then his nanny walks in covered in glitter and chaos, and his wolf does something it hasn't done in years.

It chooses her.

Forced under one roof, Natalie and Roman fight a pull neither of them can outrun. He leaves the hallway light on for her during thunderstorms. She teaches his broken house how to laugh again. And when he finally claims her as his fated mate, it feels like healing — right up until the council digs up the secret she buried to survive her toxic family, and Roman does the one thing he swore he'd never do again.

He rejects the bond. He sends her away.

But two pink lines don't care about broken promises.

Now Roman has one shot to prove he's done letting fear make his choices — by walking straight into the fire he's spent his whole life avoiding, and fighting for the mate and child he almost lost for good.

**If you love grumpy Alpha single dads, high-stakes forced proximity, hidden pregnancies, and a grovel that earns every tear — this rejected-mate, secret-baby shifter romance is your next obsession.**

No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA.

**Download *Governess for the Rogue Alpha Linebacker* now and fall in love with your next unputdownable fated mate romance.**