Jian has lived a thousand lives. As a Fire Horse shifter born under the rarest alignment of the Chinese Zodiac, he is passion incarnate: volatile, untameable, and cursed to burn through every connection he's ever made. For sixty years, he has kept his distance from the world, convinced that some men are simply meant to run alone.
Then he meets Lena.
A folklore researcher with a stubborn streak and no sense of self-preservation, Lena has spent years chasing myths she secretly hopes are real. She never expected the myth to find her first, and not as six feet of smoldering intensity with eyes like embers and a temper to match.
Jian knows better than to get close. His fire doesn't warm, it consumes. But Lena refuses to flinch from the flames, and something far older than reason is pulling him toward her with the force of a stampede.
As a dangerous enemy from Jian's past resurfaces, threatening to exploit the power locked inside him, he must choose between the solitary existence that has kept others safe and the one woman bold enough to reach through the fire and hold on.
Some flames destroy everything they touch. Others light the way home.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Then he meets Lena.
A folklore researcher with a stubborn streak and no sense of self-preservation, Lena has spent years chasing myths she secretly hopes are real. She never expected the myth to find her first, and not as six feet of smoldering intensity with eyes like embers and a temper to match.
Jian knows better than to get close. His fire doesn't warm, it consumes. But Lena refuses to flinch from the flames, and something far older than reason is pulling him toward her with the force of a stampede.
As a dangerous enemy from Jian's past resurfaces, threatening to exploit the power locked inside him, he must choose between the solitary existence that has kept others safe and the one woman bold enough to reach through the fire and hold on.
Some flames destroy everything they touch. Others light the way home.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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