‼️ COMING THIS WINTER ‼️ ❝ i'm watching from the rooftops as cars go by and life moves forward without you. ❞ Three years ago, Viola Mea Beckon left behind the only life she had ever known after uncovering the truth about the father her mother kept hidden from her for years. Now twenty-one and starting over at NYU, Viola has mastered the art of keeping people at a distance. With a complicated past behind her and a future she still isn't sure belongs to her, New York feels less like a dream and more like a place to disappear quietly. Until she meets him. The man with a smile dangerous enough to make her forget why she built walls in the first place. Ryker James Sawyer. Campus knows him as the boxer with bruised knuckles, a dangerous right hook, and a reputation that follows him everywhere. But beneath the noise, Ryker is carrying wounds of his own, ones he hides behind charm, late-night training sessions, and a smile that never fully reaches his eyes. They were never supposed to cross paths. Somewhere between crowded city nights, reckless conversations, and the kind of love that arrives slowly before all at once, Viola begins to realize that some people change your life forever. And that some stories aren't written by the heart alone. When the pen finally meets the paper, Viola will discover that love can ignite, consume, and leave a mark that never fades.