Crude Desires

By C.M. Wood

Selene Wilder is a driven real estate agent who has returned to her home city after seven years of running from a trauma that changed her forever. Her current relationship has turned dangerous, and though she swore she'd never set foot in her home town again, she's out of options-and determined to rebuild her life on her own terms.

But home isn't safe, and the past hasn't stayed buried.

When she crosses paths with Dylan Hayes, the man she once loved and left without a goodbye, everything she's fought to forget comes rushing back. Dylan was her first love, her best friend-the only person who ever truly saw her. But time, betrayal, and loss have reshaped him into something darker, colder. Now an undercover cop, Dylan is deep inside a human trafficking investigation that has already cost him more than he can admit.

Their reunion is anything but simple. Selene is a liability he can't afford. Dylan is a love that she doesn't feel she deserves. But the pull between them is undeniable-and in a city built on silence, secrets, and oil money, trusting each other might be the only way they survive.

As old wounds bleed into new threats, Selene and Dylan are forced to navigate the tangled lines between justice and revenge, love and obsession, survival and sacrifice.

Because in this town, nothing is clean-and no one gets out unscarred.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FG3PYFVK
• ISBN13: 9798286913152
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"