First date? He ghosted. Second date? He threw up on her. Third date? He proposed. Back in high school, Cora O’Hara was the invisible book nerd. Jay was the golden-boy star athlete who actually saw her—then broke her heart. Now Cora is the Nevada state hydrologist, knee-deep in data and happily single. But Jay moves to town as the new firefighter with way too much charm and a dangerously flammable smile. When a flash flood threatens their town, their worlds—and their unresolved chemistry—collide head on. She works in facts and forecasts…he thrives on instinct and adrenaline. But in the middle of the storm, they discover that opposites don’t just attract—they ignite. And as the danger rises around them, they’ll have to decide if they can keep their heads above water…or drown in something far more unpredictable.

He’s got secrets. She’s got stalkers. And apparently, they’ve got chemistry. Hazel O’Hara is a marine biologist by day, chaos magnet by night. She gets paid to study beach life—not to find dismembered limbs that washed up after a storm. Hank, the town’s gruff, divorced sheriff, is a decade older, emotionally unavailable, and infuriatingly hot. They shouldn’t work—but when a sudden storm rolls in and things turn deadly, they’re forced to rely on each other. The question is, will they survive what’s out there… or what’s happening between them?