Chasing Sparks

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For six months I hated Asher Hammond.</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And then I slept with him.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What started as one night turned into something neither of us expected-something real. Despite Ash's aversion to romance and my diehard belief in happily-ever-afters we found our rhythm: my heart his hands and a passion that could burn down Sparkwood.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Between late nights at my bookstore restoring my crumbling Victorian mansion and falling for a man who swore love wasn't in his DNA I let myself believe we were building something lasting. Even if Ash never said those three words his actions spoke volumes.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until she showed up.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The first-and </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>only</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-woman Asher ever loved. The one who wrecked him shattered his heart and left scars deeper than any ink. And she's not here alone.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ash swears it's over between them but their shared history-and one too many secrets-make it impossible to ignore the cracks in the fragile foundation of our love story. I've been second best before and I refuse to play that role again.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Walking away from the man I love is the hardest thing I've ever done. But just when I think I've found my footing life throws me a twist I never saw coming.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now I have a secret too-one that could bring us back together ... or tear us apart forever.</span></p>