He finally let her in. Now he has to learn how to stay.
Aiden Walker spent his life believing that distance was the only way to survive.
Then Claire Hart showed him that love could be something other than fear.
For the first time, he allowed another person to see beyond the carefully constructed walls protecting his past.
But opening his heart was only the beginning.
Because loving someone and knowing how to stay are two very different things.
As painful memories begin to surface, Aiden finds himself confronting wounds he has spent years refusing to acknowledge.
He wants Claire in his life. He wants the future they almost dared to imagine.
But the fears that once kept him safe now threaten everything they have built.
And Claire has fought too hard for her own sense of worth to become someone who sacrifices herself for love.
She can love Aiden.
She can understand his pain.
But she cannot heal his past for him.
If they are going to find their way forward, Aiden must face the frightened boy he once was, and Claire must discover whether the love between them can finally become something safe, honest, and whole.
Some walls are built to protect us. Others keep us from the very love we need.
Walls: The Open Door is the emotional conclusion to The Walls Duology, a deeply intimate contemporary romance about healing, boundaries, chosen family, and learning that love is not just about opening your heart-but choosing to remain.
This is Book 2 of a continuous story. Read Walls: The Almost first.