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You can't outrun a storm…or the fire it sparks.

There's a legend surrounding the Storm family: one touch, and they're bound to the love of their life – forever.
But Maverick Storm stopped believing in legends the day Ella Decker disappeared.

Once the girl who claimed his heart, Ella vanished after a summer of stolen kisses, whispered secrets, and first love. She left behind only a cold, cruel letter – one that shattered him in ways he refuses to admit. Now he hides behind a bad-boy reputation, runs his family's small-town winery with his brother, and drowns everything else in one-night stands. Love? That's for fools.

Ella never meant to break Maverick's heart.
But under her father's brutal rule, survival always came first.

So she walked away…and stayed gone.

Until now.

With her past buried behind a pen name and bestselling romance novels, Ella returns to Gracemont for one reason: to face the boy she once loved—and maybe, just maybe, rewrite the ending that was stolen from them. But Maverick is no longer the sweet, loyal boy who used to kiss her in the shadows. He's the legend now. The one who doesn't call. The one who doesn't stay.

He's harder. Rougher. Dominant.
The kind of alpha who takes control – and doesn't let go.

Their reunion ignites into something volatile.
Old love twisted into resentment.
Enemies where lovers once stood.

But beneath the anger, the spark never died.

Because legends are rooted in truth.

One touch is all it takes to prove some loves never fade…
And some storms were always meant to be ridden together.