MRodriguez_Author
She crossed an ocean to escape a life she once loved. One that, in the end, nearly broke her.
She ran from Puerto Rico-the place that had seen her grow into a woman full of dreams and ambition, only to become a place marked by pain and loss.
Florence had been long forgotten, but life had other plans. Anna arrived looking to find a part of herself she had abandoned. A place once sure to be her destiny became something else entirely: a refuge. A place to rebuild, to disappear into routine, memory, and quiet restraint.
Her carefully controlled life is disrupted by a man who does not belong in it.
Luca, an up-and-coming Italian heartthrob-unapologetically male, acutely aware of his own allure; living in a world where lies are made to look more beautiful than truths.
Anna finds him intrusive. Luca finds her infuriating-sharp-tongued, self-possessed, and undeniably sexy. A woman with fire in her veins, and the first who seems completely immune to his charms.
When two carefully constructed selves collide: hers shaped by grief, his by a life that thrives on illusion. Misunderstandings deepen, insecurities surface, and attraction becomes impossible to ignore.
Because some longings do not fade.
They wait.
And when they return, they demand everything.