A slow-burn paranormal romance of forbidden longing, soul-deep connection, and the fragile edge between fate and ruin.Cora's world is splintering. Her house has burned to the ground. Her father is gone. Her thrift shop, the last thread tying her to normalcy, is slipping away.And dating? A series of inexplicable failures. No matter how kind or attractive, every man has repelled her. Their scent turns her stomach, triggers something primal and cold. She's never understood why... until Nolan.He doesn't repel her. He draws her in.Nolan is a Power, earthbound and eternal, charged with guarding the fading and the fractured. For lifetimes he has watched, never interfered-until now. There's something about Cora he cannot ignore. Something that calls to what remains of his fading faith.He wasn't meant to get close. He wasn't meant to feel anything.But as dark forces rise and begin to close in, Cora must uncover what lies dormant within her-or risk losing everything. Her voice, her heart, and the stoic, often brooding man whose silence hides truths she's only beginning to understand.If she falters, she won't be the only one to fall.