Some fires burn to destroy. Other fires burn to heal. Liora, only eighteen years old, was sold into a nightmare—a world of darkness where hope died and innocence shattered. Her sister paid the ultimate price in trying to protect her. Then Officer Leonardo Thorne an undercover cop with his own scars, tasked with rescuing her from her world of evil. But survival isn’t the same as freedom. The shadows follow her, and so does the danger that’s she tried desperately to escape. Leo is everything that she shouldn’t want—dangerous, broken, and fiercely protective. Their connection is wildfire, consuming everything in its past. As enemies close in and secrets unravel, Liora and Leo must will their love be their salvation or their downfall? Dark, raw, and impossible to forget, Phoenix is a story of shattered pasts, desperate hope, and love that rises from the ashes. Or does it?