There was something about the town of Ganford that made people stay. Maybe it was the burnt orange skies of the desert, or the state route that stretched across it. Everybody knew everybody. Everybody had their secrets. Lily Campbell spent 22 years of her life learning them. Ganford made people predictable. Except for one man. Foster Harrigan came and went with the seasons. The Campbells have been family friends with Foster longer than Lily could remember. After years of silence surrounding the mysteries of the town, Lily digs deeper, only to continuously run into the man who secretly ran Ganford.

Jay raised his son alone. He doesn't ask for much-just stability, loyalty, and the kind of life you build with your own hands. Then Sofia arrives in Nick's life, and everything becomes complicated. She's beautiful and intelligent in a way Nick doesn't appreciate. Jay sees it immediately. He also sees the danger in looking too long, in feeling too much. She's off-limits. Untouchable. His son's girlfriend. But knowing something is wrong and being able to stop it are two different things. What unfolds between them is raw, intense, and impossible to ignore-a collision of forbidden desire and the bonds that are supposed to hold a family together. A dark, gritty novella about temptation, loyalty, and the impossible choices we make when everything we love is on the line.