Alexandria Moore has always lived fast - the roar of a skateboard under her feet, the pulse of music in her ears, and the thrill of Maddox Hayes always just out of reach. He's the boy she could never quite have - too proud, too reckless, too dangerous to her heart.
But when tragedy strikes and Alex's world fractures beyond repair, Maddox is the only one who doesn't walk away. The boy who once broke her heart becomes the man who holds her together - even when the closeness between them starts to blur every line they promised not to cross.
As Alex takes custody of her young cousin and struggles to survive the fallout of her father's death, Maddox becomes her anchor - steady, infuriating, impossible to resist. Their nights grow longer, their touches linger too long, and every look burns with the weight of everything they've lost... and everything they're too scared to want.
Love was never supposed to feel like this - raw, reckless, and consuming.
But in a world that's taken everything from her, Maddox might be the one thing Alex can't survive losing again.