Lyra Moore thought it would be easy to start over. She had a new school, a broken-down flat, and no one to answer. But being alone in a city that doesn’t care is harder than she thought it would be. Lyra is quiet, cautious, and carrying the weight of old wounds. She just wants to blend in.
Until she has to work on a school project with Austin Knight, the boy who is always in the shadows and the subject of whispered rumours, it’s cold. Angry. Can’t be touched. But there’s more to him than just his sharp edges. Something raw, ...

Lyra Moore thought it would be easy to start over. She had a new school, a broken-down flat, and no one to answer. But being alone in a city that doesn’t care is harder than she thought it would be. Lyra is quiet, cautious, and carrying the weight of old wounds. She just wants to blend in.
Until she has to work on a school project with Austin Knight, the boy who is always in the shadows and the subject of whispered rumours, it’s cold. Angry. Can’t be touched. But there’s more to him than just his sharp edges. Something raw, scary, and dangerously attractive.

What starts out as an uneasy partnership turns into a slow-burning crash that brings back parts of Lyra she thought were gone forever. But someone else has seen her too. And unlike Austin, he doesn’t want to protect anyone.
Lyra is now stuck between a love that could save her and a threat that could break her. She has to decide how much of herself she wants to get back. And how far she’s willing to go down.
In a world full of cruel colours and broken hearts, there is only one truth:

Art can make you feel better.
Love can leave scars.
Some boys don’t just paint; they also burn.