A scarred soul. A snowy cabin. And the one woman who lied to save him.
Séamus Lonn came home from the war with fire-kissed skin and ghosts in his eyes. The blast took his best friend.
The woman he once loved recoils at the sight of him, slicing deeper than any battlefield wound ever could. Now he’s buried himself in a remote mountain cabin—cold, alone, unreachable.
Until Cady Bernard shows up on his doorstep, drenched from a winter storm and burning with the truth she’s never told.
She left everything behind—comfort, family, her quiet life—to stand in front of the man she’s always wanted. He once looked right through her. Now she dares him to look again.
She doesn’t care about his scars. She touches them like they’re something holy. Challenges his silence. Pushes past the bitterness.
She’s not the girl he remembers—she’s bold, relentless, and she wants him. All of him.
Séamus tells her to leave. She strips him down with a look. And when she touches him… he forgets how to stay broken.
She’s not here to save him. She’s here to love him—hard, deep, and without apology. Even if it costs her everything.
