I hate everything about him. He was never there when I needed him. And now that he’s back, he thinks he can rewrite who I am. He wants to change the way I dress—my makeup, heels, and unmentionables. He wants to strip away everything that makes me…me, and turn me into his version of what a man is supposed to be. I refuse. So I push back, and we clash. Hard. When things spiral too far between us, we’re forced to spend a camping trip together to fix what’s wrong between us, but we end up stranded in a desert with no one else to rely on but each other. Out there, survival strips away pride, anger, and lies, and the truth becomes impossible to ignore. Because sometimes there’s a thin line between disdain and desire. Stranded is a forbidden romance with age gap.