Incinerate

I always knew my mom had been through hell.

She was protective, suffocating at times–but I, Olivia Denise Eades, was ready to escape. Eighteen, heading to college, finally free to prove I could take care of myself. At least, that’s what I thought.

Then the storm hit.

My car crashed into a tree, and everything I knew about independence shattered. Alone, injured, terrified—I needed help. That’s when Phoenix appeared. Tall, rugged, quiet, with green eyes that held something dark, something dangerous. Scars from a bull-riding accident had left more than physical wounds. A traumatic brain injury had taken his past from him, and left me wondering if maybe I wasn’t the only one who needed saving.

Phoenix isn’t just a man I shouldn’t want, he’s the monster I can’t stop craving. And obsession doesn’t die. When our paths collide, all it takes is a spark for the inferno to ignite. Except, it’s not just my heart on the line. It’s my sanity, my survival… maybe even my life.

Because loving him isn’t just dangerous. Loving him will incinerate me.

There are things about the past you can’t outrun. Things that have a way of clawing their way back to you, opening doors that should have stayed closed.

The past never really dies.

It just waits.