The main female character has a child and an abusive stalking ex-husband. As I remember she’s planning to beat him up with a baseball bat if he breaks into the house. Her older neighbor comes over and talks the guy down. He leaves.
Later the neighbor brings over a couple of toys for the kid (they are mint condition vintage toys. The kid is thrilled.
The neighbor spend time with ex, mentoring him on doing living a better life. The neighbor also spends time with the family.
There is another character that is evil and wants to destroy the child. He and the neighbor are both cursed to be basically immortal. The neighbor’s troops killed a village a couple thousand years ago, and a survivor put a curse on him that his descendants would die by revenge, killed by the other guy. Now he’s after the ex- and the child.
They come to a peace. Mom gets neighbor. Child survives.
Author and title please.
Later the neighbor brings over a couple of toys for the kid (they are mint condition vintage toys. The kid is thrilled.
The neighbor spend time with ex, mentoring him on doing living a better life. The neighbor also spends time with the family.
There is another character that is evil and wants to destroy the child. He and the neighbor are both cursed to be basically immortal. The neighbor’s troops killed a village a couple thousand years ago, and a survivor put a curse on him that his descendants would die by revenge, killed by the other guy. Now he’s after the ex- and the child.
They come to a peace. Mom gets neighbor. Child survives.
Author and title please.