title: Shelter Me
author: Clark, Shelley Ann
description: In Shelley Ann Clark’s steamy new romance, a woman faces down her troubled past with a little help from a man who wants to give her a scorching-hot future.
  
   Kate McKinney’s life is divided into two parts:
  before
   she got clean . . . and
  after
  . Before, she was lost in a haze of booze, pills, and meaningless one-night stands. After, she’s focused on her recovery, her new job as an addiction counselor, and the recipe for the perfect strawberry rhubarb pie. With everything she’s done to put herself back together, mixing past and present seems unthinkable. Until Dave Elliot walks back into her world.
  
   Dave remembers Kate in an instant: Years ago she blew his mind—and stole his wallet. But he can’t hold a grudge. At the time Kate was a hot mess. Now she’s just hot. And when they reconnect, she knows exactly how to bring out his wild side. But the intensity that burns them up in bed causes nothing but trouble in the light of day—because Dave won’t be just another drug in Kate’s life. If they’re going to make it work, he needs Kate to surrender not only her body but her heart.
  
  
  Praise for Shelley Ann Clark’s
  Have Mercy
  
  
   “A glittering debut . . . Shelley Ann Clark’s voice has a beat and rhythm as memorable as the musical world her characters inhabit. Intense, joyful, and thoroughly satisfying. I can’t wait for more from this promising new author.”
  —
  USA Today
   bestselling author Megan Mulry
  
   “An impressive debut! . . . Sultry as a spotlit ballad,
  Have Mercy
   delivers with heat, emotion, and atmosphere.”—
  USA Today
   bestselling author Ruthie Knox
  
  
   “A sultry steel magnolia who brings a strong man to his knees, one night at a time . . .
  Have Mercy,
  indeed.”
  —Mary Ann Rivers, author of The Burnside Series
  
  
  
  Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from other Loveswept titles.