Burning the edge

Five years ago, Eva Salazar left Crescent Bay in the middle of the night — without goodbye, without explanation, and without Luca Mercer. The future they’d planned together went up in smoke, and Eva buried the pieces beneath the bright lights of a distant city. Now, circumstances have pulled her back to the small coastal town she swore she'd never return to — and back into the orbit of the only man who ever truly knew Noah Mercer hasn’t forgiven Eva for leaving. He tried. But the unanswered questions and the ache she left behind never really faded. As the town’s fire chief, he's learned how to control the flames — except the ones she sparks the second she walks back into his life. Tension flares as the two are forced to work together on the town’s biggest fundraiser, a fire relief gala that Eva once helped build from the ground up. But time hasn’t healed all wounds, and neither of them are who they used to be. Secrets simmer beneath the surface, old feelings reignite, and the past threatens to unravel everything. As the line between love and resentment blurs, Eva and Luca must decide: do they let the past consume them, or risk everything for a future that still burns at the edges? Burning the Edge is a heart-stirring story of forgiveness, unresolved passion, and the kind of love that refuses to die — no matter how far you run.