We Met In December

Harper Lowe never wanted to be in Monaco.

She was the quiet one, a homebody who preferred the whisper of rain against her window to the noise of the world. Fresh out of university and uncertain of her future, she thought she had her life mapped out: calm, predictable, safe.

Then she met him.

Franco Colapinto; the boy with the easy smile and the eyes that saw too much. Their worlds couldn't have been more different: his fast, and fleeting. Hers: careful and still. But from the moment they collied under a canopy of Christmas lights, something in her shifted.

He called her estrella, star, and suddenly, nothing felt steady anymore.

What begins as a chance encounter unravels into something deeper, more dangerous, something that feels a lot like gravity. Impossible to fight and even harder to escape. Because Franco isn't just anyone, and falling for him means stepping into a world Harper was never meant to belong to.

But some people aren't meant to be safe. Some people are meant to burn.

And for the first time, Harper doesn't want to be the quiet girl anymore.