Scryer witch Natalie Towne spent six years certain her fated mate chose his bloodline over her. Then alpha witch Logan Bradstreet walks back through the coven’s wards.

The family that raised him will bind his sister to force him home—a deadline Natalie feels ticking through every scrying pool in the brownstone. The coven that took her in has spent four books teaching her that she gets to come first now. But they keep Logan behind their wards until the threat is unraveled, and every night under the same roof the bond pulls harder—the page she sealed at twenty writing his name back in ink that never dried. Forgiving him means admitting six years of righteous fury were built on the wrong story—and choosing the man who couldn’t follow her, just as the coven finished teaching her she never had to choose anyone again.

When the only story that kept you standing turns out to be the wrong one—do you forgive the man who couldn’t follow you, or hold the grudge until it’s the last wall you have left?

Second Chance   ·   Fated Mates   ·   Found Family   ·   Forced Proximity   ·   Witch / Paranormal Romance

Heat:  Steamy (open door)

Tone:  Suspenseful, emotional—love pushed to the breaking point

Series:  Book 5 of 6, Fated Witches of Calderon (interconnected standalones)

Length:  ~35,000 words, a fast-paced novella

Ending:  HEA, no cliffhanger

POV:  Dual, third person, past tense

Content Notes:  Estrangement, family coercion and threats, off-page pregnancy loss in backstory, a threatened forced bonding ritual, on-page intimacy; no cheating, no cliffhanger, no graphic violence.