At eighteen, she left Haven Valley after Leo Courtright told her he hated her, promising herself she would never return to the town or the boy she had loved.
When a stalker gets too close, home is the only place that still feels safe, and the blue-eyed boy waiting there has become a colder, harder man who looks at her as if she wrecked his life.
She has kept an eight-year secret: a son with Leo’s eyes and curious nature, eager to meet the father he has never known.
Leo comes to welcome his new neighbor, and the moment he sees the little boy behind her, the man who swore he hated her starts fixing locks, watching over them, and asking questions she cannot answer without risking the life she built.
The longer they remain in each other’s orbit, the harder it is to deny a first love that still feels like home, even as the danger that followed her threatens to tear them apart.
