Snark and Sparks

CONTENT WARNINGS: sexual assault/harassment, trauma responses, predatory behavior, violence, and past betrayal.

Everleigh Sullivan has built her life out of sharp edges, harder laughs, and a mouth that can draw blood faster than any fist. Working at Sullivan's Pub, she knows how to handle drunk men, unwanted hands, and the kind of attention that makes her skin crawl.

Then Cobalt walks into her world.

A nurse practitioner with calm hands, quick wit, and far too much patience, Cobalt should be easy to dismiss. Everleigh tries. Repeatedly. But he sees beneath every insult, every deflection, and every carefully placed wall-and instead of pushing, he waits.

But Everleigh's past isn't done with her.

When an old threat resurfaces and the place she once called home no longer feels safe, Everleigh is forced to confront the truth: surviving alone is not the same as healing. And Cobalt, steady and infuriatingly good, might be the one man strong enough to love her without trying to tame her.

As family secrets unravel, old wounds reopen, and their growing attraction becomes something dangerously close to forever, Everleigh must decide whether love is worth the risk of being truly seen.

A sharp, emotional, slow-burn romance about trauma, trust, found family, fierce banter, and the kind of love that becomes home.

Romance content: passionate kissing, romantic tension, and implied intimacy. Intimate scenes fade to black.