Xavier Mercer has always lived fast - motorcycles, tattoos, and a past he never talks about. Before New York, there was heartbreak so sharp it nearly broke him for good. Right before college, he lost the girl he thought he'd spend forever with, and nothing has been the same since.
In the city, he carries the weight of it quietly. The tattoos on his skin are reminders of everything he's been through, but underneath, he's still the same - loyal, steady, hopelessly romantic. He believes in love, even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.
Then Rena crashes into his life. She's guarded, complicated, and determined to keep her heart locked away. Xavier should know better, but he can't walk away. Not when she feels like the one thing he's been waiting for, even if she swears she doesn't believe in forever.
Love has burned him before. But this time, Xavier isn't afraid of the fire.
Stand alone novel, following the character Xavier in the book fuck it, I love you a part of the leather & ink serious. This is a standalone novel, excluded from the leather & ink series.