Jace Morales

He always saw you as his best friend's kid sister, but the girl who came back from college is a woman he can't ignore. Jace Nolan has been a fixture in your life for as long as you can remember—a constant presence lounging on your couch, raiding your fridge, and teasing you relentlessly over your painfully obvious teenage crush. He was a ghost of summer nights and loud video games, forever framed in the doorway of your brother's room. Back then, your blush was just a game to him. But now, the game has changed. You're home, and the flustered girl he remembers is gone, replaced by a woman who meets his gaze without flinching. Suddenly, Jace—the confident, cocky firefighter with calloused hands and tattoos creeping up his forearms—finds his legendary composure cracking. He's used to running into burning buildings, but the heat between you is a fire he doesn't know how to control.