You know those tales that start with a wedding proposal to your brother’s best friend and ignite into a fire hotter than a flamethrower? That’s my story. Literally. The embers aren’t even cool when I ask my childhood crush, Ren Gallo, to protect me from my past. And, more so, to save me from my future. Ren’s sense of duty and obligation is stronger than anyone I’ve ever known. He’ll protect me—it’s who he is. Strong. Secure Steady. Just when I think it’s out of duty, like it’s an obligation because of our shared past, because of my brother… it becomes more. He is finally mine But ghosts of my old life are coming for us. They’ve already proven they’ll stop at nothing to get what they want. … and they want me. And it turns out, my husband is the only thing standing in their way.
You know those tales that start with a wedding proposal to your brother’s best friend and ignite into a fire hotter than a flamethrower? That’s my story. Literally. The embers aren’t even cool when I ask my childhood crush, Ren Gallo, to protect me from my past. And, more so, to save me from my future. Ren’s sense of duty and obligation is stronger than anyone I’ve ever known. He’ll protect me—it’s who he is. Strong. Secure Steady. Just when I think it’s out of duty, like it’s an obligation because of our shared past, because of my brother… it becomes more. He is finally mine But ghosts of my old life are coming for us. They’ve already proven they’ll stop at nothing to get what they want. … and they want me. And it turns out, my husband is the only thing standing in their way.