through fire and shadows
And then, one stormy night, Mara finds herself alone with Ryder, arguing over the future of the studio and her own stubborn pride. In the heat of anger, their faces mere inches apart, Mara loses her words as Ryder pulls her close, his voice low. “You fight so hard, Mara… but you have no idea what you’re fighting against.”
The air between them crackles, and as her heart races, he kisses her fiercely, intensely, with a hunger that leaves her breathless.
She wants to hate him. She needs to resist him. But Ryder has awakened a fire in her that’s as dangerous as the secrets he’s keeping. And as Mara dives deeper into his world, she’ll have to decide what she’s willing to sacrifice for her art, her father’s legacy, and the man she never wanted to love.
In Through Fire and Shadows, pride, ambition, and desire collide, testing the strength of two people who never wanted to need each other.