Five years ago, Elara's life was a bonfire. Liam was the only match. Now, Elara is a successful architect in Chicago, meticulously building a life designed to be earthquake-proof. Every precise blueprint, every straight line, is a defense against the chaos Liam left behind. She has learned cautious trust, fierce independence, and how to guard her heart with the steel of a skyscraper. But when a massive residential renovation forces Elara and Liam-the man she spent a half-decade avoiding-into the same professional orbit, the past slams into her present.
Liam, now a successful designer himself, is an unavoidable presence. He is the fault line she'd meticulously patched over. He remembers the intense passion-the fire-she desperately tries to forget. As their professional boundary dissolves, Elara is forced to confront the terrifying truth: the structure of her new life is built on ashes, and Liam only needs one spark to make everything burn again. A high-stakes, dramatic second-chance romance about two people who must decide if they are still the fire...
or if they have finally become the ember.
Five years ago, Elara's life was a bonfire. Liam was the only match. Now, Elara is a successful architect in Chicago, meticulously building a life designed to be earthquake-proof. Every precise blueprint, every straight line, is a defense against the chaos Liam left behind. She has learned cautious trust, fierce independence, and how to guard her heart with the steel of a skyscraper. But when a massive residential renovation forces Elara and Liam-the man she spent a half-decade avoiding-into the same professional orbit, the past slams into her present.
Liam, now a successful designer himself, is an unavoidable presence. He is the fault line she'd meticulously patched over. He remembers the intense passion-the fire-she desperately tries to forget. As their professional boundary dissolves, Elara is forced to confront the terrifying truth: the structure of her new life is built on ashes, and Liam only needs one spark to make everything burn again. A high-stakes, dramatic second-chance romance about two people who must decide if they are still the fire...
or if they have finally become the ember.