Burning for the Enemy

Burning for the Enemyby Joanne StarrEden Harlow is out of options. Caught stealing from her job and facing serious consequences, she has nowhere left to turn - except the one man she's spent years avoiding. Maddox Kane. Her ex-boyfriend's older brother. At forty-five, Maddox is controlled, guarded, and has never hidden his resentment toward the woman he blames for his family's past. When Eden shows up at his door asking for help, he agrees to keep her safe.
but only under strict conditions. Trapped together in his secluded home during an intense summer heatwave, the tension between them quickly becomes impossible to ignore. Old anger simmers beneath the surface, but something else begins to take its place - something neither of them expected. What starts as conflict and resistance slowly shifts into a connection neither can deny. The lines between resentment and attraction blur, and the past they've both been holding onto begins to unravel.
But when Eden is forced to confront the consequences waiting outside those walls, she must decide what matters more - running from her mistakes or finally facing them. And whether the man she once saw as her enemy might be the one person she can't walk away from. A slow-burn, age-gap, enemies-to-lovers romance filled with emotional tension, forced proximity, and a hard-earned happily ever after.