When a guarded woman who's spent years playing it safe meets a magnetic man who ignites something dangerous inside her, one kiss becomes a delicious unraveling of all her carefully constructed rules. Their chemistry is undeniable, but as her walls crumble and she discovers the depth beneath his wildfire exterior, dark secrets from her past threaten to destroy everything they're building. This is a story about learning that real love means choosing to stay through the wreckage, even when everything feels impossibly fragile. Catherine Cowles delivers an emotional, swoony romance about two broken people finding wholeness in each other—until they have to fight for it.

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Smoldering indie rock meets sultry R&B—think Kings of Leon, SZA, The Neighbourhood. Tension-soaked, slow-burn passion with edge. Dark undertones, magnetic chemistry, intimate vulnerability. Contemporary romance that burns slow then fast.

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