Max Simmons has finally built something solid from the wreckage her ex left behind: a small-town life, a job she doesn’t hate, and a best friend determined to drag her back into the land of the living.
Then her ex’s wedding invitation arrives like a slap in the face.
And before Max can recover, his law firm moves into her small town, right down the street—bringing with it another man from her past.
Callan Reed was the one who got away before she knew he was hers. Her college best friend. The man who saw her. Her safe place. Her almost.
The man who once told her not to let anyone dim her light, and then vanished from her life without a word.
Now he’s back. Older. Sharper. With more secrets than before. But Cal has never been who Max thought he was. Callan Reed isn’t real—Calogero Renzetti is.
His name, his past, his family, and the brutal organized crime world he belongs to are all built on secrets.
When those secrets pull Max into the crosshairs of rival families and a territorial dispute, the man who was forced to walk away from her refuses to make the same mistake again.
And Cal has to decide what matters more: Keeping Max safe from his darkness… Or trusting her to love him through it.
