"I've wanted you before I knew your name. Before I knew the sound of your voice. Before I knew the smell of your skin."
She rescued a stranger from the lake.
She never expected to fall in love with him.
Layla Jacobson returns to her late parents' secluded lakefront cabin after four years away, hoping to outrun her grief and the ruins of her past.
But when she rescues a drowning stranger with no memory of who he is, her fragile new life is upended by an attraction she cannot resist.
As Layla's possessive ex reappears and long-buried secrets begin to surface, desire turns dangerous. Now she must decide whether trusting the mysterious man who makes her feel alive again is worth risking her future-and her life.
Some secrets were never meant to be uncovered.
Some desires are worth burning for.