Shattered Lines

Mistwood has been holding its breath for Sela Alwan's return.

She left after her mother's death, carrying grief, guilt, and a love that shattered her in silence. She was supposed to stay gone, hidden from the town that knew her too well and from the man who had broken her heart without ever truly letting her go. But when her younger brother Rami calls with news that stops her cold-Zayd is missing-Sela has no choice but to come home.

Zayd wouldn't just disappear. Not without a reason. And as Sela steps back into the life she abandoned, she realizes how little of it remained intact. Bills pile up. Questions go unanswered. And the deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that her brother's absence is tied to the underground motorcycle scene that rules Mistwood after dark.

To survive and to find Zayd, Sela does the unthinkable. She inserts herself into the world he left behind.

Jason Hale, Zayd's longtime associate, dangerous and unreadable, offers her a way in: a position in the betting circuit of the illegal street races. It's a calculated risk-one that could clear Zayd's debt and keep her family afloat-but every step pulls her further into a world that doesn't forgive weakness and doesn't let go easily.

As engines roar and loyalties blur, the past resurfaces in the form of Grant Lawson. The man who was her first, her secret, one of her greatest wounds. His presence fractures the vows she made to protect herself, reopening desire, betrayal, and a connection neither of them ever escaped.

Caught between blood and debt, love and survival, Sela must decide how much of herself she is willing to lose further to save the people she loves-and whether Mistwood will let her leave a second time.