A firefighter, an afterschool director, and the threat that forces them together Five years ago, Carlos Scott’s life changed overnight when he took his little sister in after their parents died. Since then, he’s devoted his life to keeping a promise that he’d take care of her. After being roped in to speak at an afterschool program, he meets the person he thought his little sister was crushing on—Ashton Johnson—only it turns out she’s a woman and now he’s the one with the crush. Since the death of her parents, Ashton Johnson has thrown herself into using her inheritance to keep their memory alive. She doesn’t have time for a life much less a love life, but Carlos Scott is checking her boxes. When a gang targets Ashton, she turns to Carlos for support and protection. As they spend time together, they realize that risk to their hearts is just as dangerous as the threats.