EMBER

In a town hidden between mountains and green fields, everyone knows Sawyer Ford.

He's the firefighter who never flinches, the cowboy who never stays, the man every girl wants but no one gets to keep. Sawyer lives fast, burns hot, and leaves before anything can touch him. No woman has ever slept in his bed. No one has ever stayed long enough to matter. And that's exactly how he wants it.

Until Isla De León arrives.

She's new. Quiet. Soft in a way this town isn't used to. Isla comes from a different kind of country - one rooted in family, horses, and kindness that hasn't been hardened yet. She isn't looking for trouble. She isn't looking for him. She just needs a job... and somehow ends up on the one ranch Sawyer swore was the only place that ever felt like home.

From the moment their worlds collide, everything begins to crack.

Sawyer doesn't understand why she gets under his skin. Isla doesn't understand why he scares her - or why she trusts him anyway. The town watches. Whispers start. Jealousy ignites. Lines are crossed that were never meant to be.

Because some people are fire.
Some people are shelter.
And some loves were never meant to be gentle.

Set in a sun-soaked, horse-lined mountain town where everyone knows your name and no secret stays buried, this is a story about obsession, innocence, and the kind of love that demands everything - even from someone who swore he'd never give a thing.