84 parts Complete MatureNew town. New school. Same ghosts... and the one boy she can't escape.
Ryder Hale-bruised knuckles, storm-gray eyes, and a body made for trouble. Dangerous, possessive... and somehow, just for her, soft.
She promised herself she'd stay away. She failed.
From messy hallway fights to heated touches in empty classrooms, from whispered Italian promises to late-night hoodie-holding and soft, stolen kisses-Ryder owns her, every inch of her heart and every spark of her fire.
Summer, school, gossip, and jealousy collide, and Ava learns the hard way: loving Ryder Hale isn't safe, it isn't easy... and it's absolutely, irrevocably, burning hot.