First published 2015
Colin Hancock walks a careful line between his violent history and his future as a teacher. Prison looms if he makes another mistake. He studies hard and avoids anything that once led him astray. Maria Sanchez seems like his opposite. She graduated from Duke Law School and works at a top Wilmington firm. Her parents immigrated from Mexico and she built the successful career they dreamed of. But Maria carries her own traumatic secrets that drove her back to her hometown. A rainy night brings Colin and Maria together by chance. They fall in love despite their differences. Colin sees past Maria's polished surface while she accepts his troubled past. Their relationship grows stronger until threatening reminders of Maria's trauma begin appearing. Someone from her past wants to destroy the new life she has built with Colin.
Genres: romance, suspense, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Wilmington, Mexico
Period: contemporary
490 pages · Kindle Edition · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: abuse, violence