The Name Behind the Firefighter

Crashing my ex’s engagement party should have been the worst choice I made that night. Sleeping with a stranger was the one I made for revenge. He was tall, impossibly handsome, and wrapped in a charm I couldn’t look away from. We traded no names—only a night of unfiltered passion.

I know him as Reuben Hope, a small-town firefighter with a smile that feels dangerous. That isn’t the whole truth. He is Reuben Crowley, a billionaire heir buried in secrets, and staying away proves impossible. When he offers a marriage that isn’t real, I say yes.

His touch wakes something I can’t deny, and every kiss pulls me further in. The more I fall, the less I understand the man slowly consuming me. Instinct tells me to run. My body refuses. Loving him could ruin me. Leaving him could destroy me. The greatest lie is believing I ever had a choice.