"Beneath the Smoke"

"He's the reason my brother's in prison. I'm the reason he can't leave."

When seventeen-year-old Emery Lockhart transfers to Blackridge High, all she wants is a fresh start. Quiet, polite, and painfully good, Emery lives by the rules-mostly because her overprotective father is the town's police chief.

But her carefully sheltered world collides with Rafe Maddox-the school's tattooed, reckless, leather-jacket-wearing heartbreaker. He's arrogant, cruel, and most of all... off-limits. Because two years ago, Rafe's brother took the fall for a crime Emery's brother may have actually committed.

Now, Rafe wants revenge. And Emery is the perfect target.

But when secrets unravel, truths blur, and hatred simmers into heat, Emery finds herself drawn to the one boy she's supposed to hate. The one her father has forbidden. The one who swore he'd ruin her.

Enemies. Lovers. Maybe both.

In this town, love isn't just forbidden.
It's dangerous.