Embracing Ellie – A.J. Andersen (2020)

Blake Stone intentionally keeps women at a distance, they never seem to be what he’s looking for. Instead he focuses his attention on his computers and building K&S Securities with his buddy and business partner Travis Keller.
Ellie Lovell’s life has become an unchanging routine of work and responsibility. Ever since her sister’s accident she has been doing what needs to be done to help provide for her family. She doesn’t have time for men.
When they meet they are drawn toward each other, but neither of them have any experience with relationships.
Blake wants nothing more than to protect Ellie from the parts of life that cause her stress, but Ellie wants to keep their budding relationship a secret, afraid of how his professional connection to her boss Xavier Cerelli could impact her job.
Throw in some stalking, of both the good and bad varieties and Blake and Ellie find themselves struggling to find their way as they learn that it’s okay to let someone in, to lift each other up and to find love in the midst of the chaos surrounding them.
Embracing Ellie is book 3 in the K&S Securities Series and should be read AFTER reading Finding Faye and Acquiring Analise. It picks up the story from Blake Stone’s perspective, with a little less angst than Finding Faye and Acquiring Analise.