Captain Gary Damon has spent his career running into danger, but no rescue could bring back the woman he lost. His fiancée’s death in a fire still haunts him, a weight that drives him harder, faster and sometimes too far. When his recklessness puts the team at risk, his chief orders him to step back, to take time away from the only life he knows.
On his first day off, the world pulls him back in. A luxury spa goes up in flames, and Gary can’t walk away. Inside, he finds Eleanor Richards powerful, poised, and terrified. He carries her out through the smoke, and in that moment, something shifts. Eleanor is used to controlling every detail, yet in Gary’s arms she feels an unexpected calm.
Their collision is instant and undeniable. Gary’s walls start to crack, and Eleanor sees the man behind the scars. But beginnings born in fire come with danger, and both know how fast everything can be lost.
Can Gary learn to let go of guilt and trust what’s in front of him or will the past consume the future they might have?
