THE PAST can look different in hindsight, whether that’s good or bad. The memories with the biggest impact stick. They have been best friends since they were five. Friends turned into more when they were teenagers. Then it was over. THE PRESENT can be hard to live in especially when the past seems so much better. The present can be full of too many changes. He’s back after ten years, and she wants them to be how they were before. They want everything to be back to how it was. Their attraction is stronger than ever. Their chemistry is explosive. But the present comes with complications. They have complications. Love has complications. When they fell in love, they never knew it would come down to this.

She’s a LIAR to everyone around her. Lying is the only way to protect herself. She can never trust anyone, not after what she’s been through. If no one knows her then she can never truly be hurt. Then when they leave her it’s because she pushed them away. He PRETENDS he’s okay to everyone around him. Pretending to be someone he’s not every day is easy. Pretending nothing affects him makes him feel invincible. When they meet they both know there’s more than meets the eye, but neither will admit it. LYING and PRETENDING is easier until it becomes too much. There’s no choice left but to figure out WHO THEY ARE. \\This is a forbidden romance and the second book in a interconnected trilogy, though not required to read the first book "When They Fell" it is highly recommended. This book contains triggers and a trigger warning at the beginning. The book also contains sexual and violent situations.

“What happens when everything comes falling down?” NOW is the time. Everything he’s worked for is within reach. He can move out from his fathers shadow and prove himself. Until he’s faced with his biggest challenge yet when he meets her. She challenges him in a way he never would have thought. And makes him question everything he’s ever believed when it comes to feelings and love. NEVER in a million years did she think she would be in the middle of a storm as strong as him. Despite her clear distaste there’s something pulling her in. But when it all comes to a head is WHAT THEY FEEL even worth it?