Chasing the Flame

They say you can't run from fire... but what if it's the only thing keeping you alive? Averie Blackthorne once had a dream job, a high-rise view of Manhattan, and a life all her own. Now she's trapped in a crumbling lakeside mansion with a husband who thrives on control-and a secret she's buried deep. Her days are filled with quiet desperation, her nights haunted by what she's lost. Until Jettson Noxwood arrives. Luke's estranged cousin is everything Averie shouldn't want-gritty, guarded, and far too observant. But as renovations begin on the decaying Carson Plantation, so does something an undeniable pull between two broken souls navigating the ruins of their pasts. Tension crackles like a match struck too close. And as hidden truths flicker to life, Averie must will she keep surviving in silence, or set the whole damn world on fire?