When The Darkness Loves You

Eighteen years ago, Ava Ajello survived a car crash that wiped out her entire family. Everyone called it an accident. Ava knew better—it was murder. Now a brilliant but guarded university student working at Big Beans Café in Manhattan, Ava’s carefully rebuilt life starts unraveling when a haunting face from her nightmares resurfaces. A man in a black suit, a shadow from her past, is stalking her—and he’s not the only danger lurking. Enter Leonard Cole Hernandez: arrogant billionaire heir, heartbreaker, and everything Ava can’t stand. After a reckless encounter nearly costs her life, their paths violently collide. Sparks fly, secrets unravel, and Ava finds herself reluctantly tethered to the one man who just might hold a piece of the mystery that’s haunted her since childhood. As darkness closes in and past sins awaken, Ava must decide: can she trust the boy who’s never cared about anything—or risk losing herself in a game far more dangerous than either of them can imagine? In every shadow, a secret. In every heartbeat, a warning. When the darkness loves you, nothing is ever truly safe