In a town where secrets never stay buried, returning home was never part of Megan Reagan's plan. But when tragedy drags her back, she finds herself trapped between a past she tried to forget and a man she can't resist.Jaxson Steele is everything she should avoid—reckless, arrogant, and dangerously addictive. One night with him was supposed to be a mistake... but some mistakes leave a mark you crave again and again.As tension ignites into obsession, buried truths begin to surface. Whispers turn into accusations, and Megan realizes her past isn't just haunting her—it's hunting her.Caught between lust, lies, and a town full of secrets, one question remains:Will she escape... or get pulled deeper into the chaos?
Valerie Smith is working the biggest charity gala of the year when an emergency throws her into the path of Lucian Wood, the cold, guarded billionaire who runs the hotel. Neither of them knows yet that their families share a buried history — one that will turn their growing feelings into the hardest choice either of them has ever made.
The first time Lamide heard the Lagos lagoon breathe, she imagined it was whispering a name she had spent three years avoiding.
“Felix,” it sighed, or maybe she only heard what she wished.
The wind tasted of salt, diesel, and roasted corn from the road. Fishermen hauled their nets in slow, heavy arcs, their bodies bending as if bowing to an invisible god. Above them, birds circled and cried over the day’s last light.
It was the kind of evening that remembered what you forgot.
Lamide sat on the stone edge near the ferry terminal, knees tucked to her chest. Her phone vibrated for the third time that hour. She ignored it. Daddy would call again, then send a voice note that sounded like a lecture wrapped in prayer.
She didn’t want prayers. She wanted direction.
She wanted Felix.
When quiet, grounded bookshop owner Lila Moore finds herself tangled in a legal property dispute with arrogant tech billionaire Ashton Vale, sparks fly in the most inconvenient of ways. He’s used to getting what he wants. She’s used to being left alone. But somewhere between coffee-fueled mornings and reluctant meetings, Lila discovers there’s more to Ashton than money—and maybe more to life than her quiet corner of the world.