Darkness has followed me my whole life. It has a name, a face, and a heartbeat that once nearly ended mine. I thought I'd escaped it, until the night it came back to finish what it started. Broken and desperate, I found myself on Riley Burns's doorstep, the last person I expected to save me, and the only one I've never been able to forget.
Riley Burns. The man everyone wants a piece of-music mogul, legend-maker, heartbreaker. But the moment our eyes met months ago, he saw through the fa ade I wear like armor. He saw me. And now, against all reason, he's my safe place in a world that's anything but safe.
Riley has his own ghosts-family secrets that could destroy everything he's built. Yet when I crash back into his life, something shifts. Together, we're two broken souls standing in the wreckage, daring to believe there's light beyond the pain.
But the past doesn't let go easily. And when the darkness I ran from finds me again, the question isn't whether Riley can protect me-it's whether love is enough to save us both.
Because sometimes, the heart's greatest risk is letting someone in.
Last Hope is a captivating journey of love, hope, and the power of second chances. It is a standalone novel in the Carter Hills Band universe. A tale of resilience and second chances in a world where love and danger intertwine. It is a domestic abuse survivor love story for fans of Still Beating, Archer's Voice, or Safe Haven.