When JJ drags Spencer Reid to a neighborhood book club, he meets her, an archivist whose quiet intensity unsettles and steadies him all at once. What begins as casual evenings with books unfolds into a tender slow-burn connection neither expected.
The BAU arrives in a mid-sized city rattled by three unexplained fires in as many weeks. Each blaze leveled a different type of building—a warehouse, a church basement, and most recently, a small library. No accelerants were found, no faulty wiring, nothing to suggest a typical arson. What was found unsettled everyone: burned-in symbols on the floors, shapes too precise to be accidents. The fire marshal insists the patterns are “freak coincidences,” but Reid knows better. He’s already sketching them into his notebook, tracing the sequence, muttering theories under his breath while the rest of the team interviews locals.
She had been wanted for as long as she could remember. Wanted in hallways, in classrooms, at parties, by people who never really knew her. Desire clung to her like a second skin, an exhausting kind of spotlight she had never asked for but could never shake. Faces blurred together, conversations felt scripted, and every hand that reached for her only proved the same thing: no one stayed for more than what they could take.
In a polished law firm, controlled and commanding Callum Drake meets a bold, impulsive new associate. Forbidden by rules yet irresistibly drawn to each other, their magnetic tension ignites, challenging his restraint and her independence in a slow-bu
She grew up in Willow Creek, the kind of town where everyone knew everyone else’s business. Her father owned a small hardware store on Main Street, and her mother worked part-time at the library. She was the middle child of three, the one who never quite stood out. Her older brother was the star athlete, her younger sister the outgoing socialite. She was the quiet one, the one people often forgot was in the room until she surprised them with something sharp or insightful.
An UnSub leaves cryptic poetry at abduction sites, all tied to a city archive. The BAU investigates, forcing Spencer Reid into close proximity with the archivist at the case’s center—suspect or target—sparking a slow-burn romance amid danger.
She was born in Columbus, Ohio, the middle child in a family that didn’t leave much room for middle ground. Her older brother was the golden one—straight A’s, scholarships, the kind of success that parents frame on walls. Her younger sister was the free spirit, loud and unapologetic, always demanding attention. She learned early how to blend in, to keep her head down, to measure her worth by what she achieved quietly.
A widowed mother struggles to raise her son while grappling with grief and small-town scrutiny. When his thoughtful teacher, Rowan Blake, enters their lives, their connection slowly challenges her walls, leading to trust, healing, and unexpected love
Two damaged strangers in the fog-bound town of Greyharbor collide—literally—when her drone crashes through Jonah Hale’s boat window. Forced together by circumstance and pulled together by something neither understands, they navigate storms inside and out as their messy, magnetic connection grows into a love that might finally teach them how to stay.
At Hawthorne University, FMC—a chaotic creative writing major with a messy past—collides with Luca Brandt, a grounded, self-assured kinesiology student. Drawn together despite their differences, they form a slow-burn romance that tests her fears and his patience. A story about healing, honesty, and choosing love even when it’s hard.
She grew up in a house that smelled of sawdust and late-night coffee, where her father’s work boots by the door were a constant reminder of the life he built with his hands. The family construction business was never glamorous, but it was steady, honest, and carried their name with pride. She was the kind of girl who followed her father everywhere—scrambling up beams, clutching notebooks full of sketches, dreaming of building something of her own one day.
She never forgot the betrayal that Nikolai Voss left her with in high school. Now in college, their paths collide again—rivalry, tension, and unresolved desire ignite a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers story neither can escape.