AURORA SERIES 2: FALLOW HEARTS

Solène Vireya has spent years hiding from the world on her secluded farm in Benguet's misty highlands. Disowned by her powerful family and scarred by betrayal, she has built a fragile life of quiet routines and distant connections, trusting no one outside the secretive Aurora sisterhood. But when unsettling incidents begin threatening her land-drones overhead, intruders in the night, whispers of buyers circling-Solène realizes her sanctuary is no longer safe.

Enter Cael Nocturne: infuriatingly charming, distractingly handsome, and completely unqualified for the gardener position he claims to want. His jokes, constant teasing, and reckless energy clash with Solène's carefully constructed walls, yet he brings a kind of warmth she hasn't felt in years. What Solène doesn't know is that Cael has his own orders-sent by Aurora, he's there to protect someone he knows nothing about. He wasn't expecting it to be her. He wasn't expecting to care.

As old wounds resurface and the fight for her land turns deadly, Solène must confront the family that tried to erase her. But loving Cael may be the greatest risk of all, because the closer he gets, the harder it is to keep her secrets-and her heart-safe.