Beneath The Smoke

College is supposed to be a fresh start-but for Evelyn Maren, it's just another chapter of trying to stay invisible. Quiet, timid, and content fading into the background, she wants nothing more than to survive the chaos of campus life without drawing attention.

Then there's Jaxon Rivers.

Older, untouchable, and wrapped in every shade of danger, Jaxon is the kind of guy parents warn their daughters about-reckless, sharp-tongued, and dripping with red flags. Everyone knows he's trouble. Everyone but Evelyn.

Thrown together by chance and tangled by something neither of them can name, their worlds begin to intertwine in ways that defy logic. As whispers stir beneath the surface and secrets begin to rise with the smoke, Evelyn discovers that sometimes the people we fear the most are the ones who protect us the hardest.

And Jaxon Rivers?
He may be a walking warning sign to everyone else
But to Evelyn, he just might be the safest place she's ever known.