Pages and Posession

Olivia Grace has always found comfort in the quiet. At eighteen, the library is her refuge, a world of soft pages and steady rhythms that keep the grief of losing her parents-and the sting of failed romances-at bay. Shy, guarded, and still untouched in more ways than one, she's spent years protecting herself from a world that asks too much too fast. With her older brother finally off to chase his dream of becoming an Army Ranger, Olivia is determined to start fresh in the fall-new college, new chapter, maybe even a new Olivia.

But some shadows don't leave so easily.

Liam Donovan, her brother's best friend and the boy who was never supposed to notice her, has quietly stepped into Kyle's place-dropping by unannounced, fixing things she didn't ask him to, looking at her like he sees far more than he should. He's two years older, rough where she's soft, dangerous in ways she can't quite name. And he's the one man she should never want.

When a party ends in disaster and a call for help leads Liam straight to her, everything shifts. The tension between them snaps. Protective instincts give way to something possessive. And Olivia is no longer the quiet girl hiding behind her books-she's the one Liam can't stay away from.

What begins as a slow burn ignites into something deeper, darker, and far more consuming than either of them expected.

She's spent her life avoiding messy emotions.
Now she's tangled in the most forbidden one of all.