She was never safe. He was never tame.
Gentry Shaw doesn’t fall—especially not for guys like Sayer Reed. Younger. Wilder. Off-limits. She’s the guarded girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Broken in ways she keeps hidden.
Sayer is home from the military, forever changed the day he discovered he had a daughter. Now, between late nights and bedtime stories, he’s learning to build something real—with his hands and his heart.
When Gentry comes to work for him, old feelings spark, and the girl he once crushed on becomes the woman who won’t give him a second chance—until the truth between them begins to unravel.
He asks for nothing but honesty. But when their walls come down, what’s left is heat, hunger, and a fire that threatens to burn them both.
Now, with the past closing in, Gentry must choose. Protect the life she’s fighting to build— or the man who truly sees her.
Strip it down. Her rules. His hands. Their fire.
