I was completely unprepared for this book since I've been reading light-hearted, sweet romance novels for the past few weeks. This books is dark and twisty. Murder, suspense, sex, drugs, mob-like family connections.

Brandon and his father left the Indian reservation. He father refused to tell him why they left nor why they have zero contact with the rest of his family--namely Brandon's uncle, Josiah. Brandon fell in love with the wrong girl--Dixie Burrell. The only person to give him a chance as a new kid in the community. She showed compassion when the other boys at school bullied him for being Native American.

Dixie has a few secrets of her own. Her family struggles to keep their family farm afloat. Her father and brothers are also keeping things from her including their reasons for mistreating Brandon. None of these secrets come out until it's too late. Her brothers are murdered. Her mother has a heart attack. Her father is vengeful.

One wrong choice. Burning and fire has always entranced Brandon. It's a fascination. That fascination burns him and forces him to run from his home and his father. The last person who loves him. He turns to the only other person he can, Josiah. A man his father yelled at and told Brandon to stay away from along with the Burrells. Brandon doesn't find out until decades later why. When Dixie's bomb almost kills him....he begins to unravel the truth behind his childhood...and those he loves.

Instead of turning Dixie over to his uncle, he protects her.

Dixie is forced to trust the one person she wants to kill. Murder is not something she has ever done. She will make an exception for Brandon. He did things to her family that are unforgivable. Will learning the truth change her mind?

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