Four years ago, for a brief moment in time, Sammie Singleton became the muse of an artist she didn't know. The moment vanished, and now Sammie spends her nights with a different man. Her life is black and white. But she needs food for her soul to feel alive. She needs color. She needs art. Everything changes the moment she meets Thomas Quidell. Brilliant and talented, Sammie quickly realizes Tom is her artist—and the man she's been fantasizing about all these years. Tom offers her more than a lifeline. He opens her eyes to a new life. Vibrant, loving, fulfilling. But is she strong enough to take a chance?

The blaze that destroyed Daniel Quidell’s firefighting career scarred more than his body. Court cases, therapy, and five pins in his bones later, he’s a divorced single father working himself ragged to provide a good life for his son. But the strain leaves him exhausted—and overwhelmed. Until Camille Frasier walks into his life. Beautiful and empathic, Camille soothes Dan’s mind and eases the pains of his body. But she desires more than a gentle hand to help her body to find its fire. And she hopes Dan will give her what she needs. But some wounds don’t heal correctly. And no matter how much heat Camille offers, Dan feels trapped inside the cold box of his past. Is he strong enough to find his way out?

Robert Quidell understands the side effects of his bad boy behavior: No bonds. No commitment. No connection. He gives his goddesses one night of wish fulfillment and supernova sex. But he always wakes up alone. Isolde Wellington understands the life of a photographer: She's outside. Always moving. Always documenting the world. She creates brilliant, soul-melting photos. But she, too, always wakes up alone. Graduate school promises Rob the opportunity to shed his bad boy reputation. For Isa, the opportunity to crash in her brother's apartment offers a moment of stability. They never expected to find each other. But connection means sacrifice. Commitment-free lives offer ease—but no touch. No brilliantly fulfilled wishes. Will Rob and Isa fall into their old ways again, or will they fight for their souls' desires?

Love is more than brilliant sex.It’s been a year since my whirlwind affair with Thomas Quidell. Good jobs and wedding plans now swirl around us—as do a mortgage and the stress of Tom’s blossoming art career.But when a job vanishes and a parent becomes ill, the trauma becomes too much. We’re pulled in opposite directions. Now separated by distance and desperation, we must come to terms with what it means to be apart—and how to work as a team to stay together.Sacrifice may be our only route forward. Will our love survive?Join Sammie and Tom in this new story readers compare to Colleen Hoover’s CONFESS and Jessica Park’s 180 SECONDS.