Gianna Rossi, otherwise known as Gia comes from the Rossi Restaurant business where loyalty is just the Rossi way. Gia is hired as assistant to the Savor Inc. creator, Lei Yeung, where she proves her determination to make a name for herself in the fast paced restaurant business.
In walks Jackson Rutledge with their competitor. He had only been part of her life for a few weeks two years ago, but that didn't change the fact that she was still in love with him. He had left her without so much as a goodbye.
Jackson Rutledge, otherwise known as Jax is a mystery. With his family connections in politics and money, he is use to getting whatever he wants. Right now, Jax's weakness is Gia.
Unsure of Jax's intensions, Gia tries to keep her distance to protect her heart, but he is relentless.
Gia's new plan is to figure out Jackson Rutledge, but that leaves her with one questions......at what cost to her heart?
AFTERBURN is set up with Aftershock in a two part series. AFTERBURN is the first half....10 chapters. While Aftershock is the next half, to be released in November.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Day,
America's premier author of provocative fiction, delivers
the debut novel from Cosmo Red-Hot Reads from
Harlequin.
The realization that Jax still affected me so strongly was a
jagged pill to swallow. He'd only been part of my life for
five short weeks two years ago. But now he was back. Walking
into a deal I'd worked hard to close. And God, he was
magnificent. His eyes were a brown so dark they were nearly
black. Thickly lashed, they were relentless in their
intensity. Had I really thought they were soft and warm?
There was nothing soft about Jackson Rutledge. He was a hard
and jaded man, cut from a ruthless cloth.
In that moment I understood how badly I wanted to unravel
the mystery of Jax. Bad enough that I didn't mind how much
it was going to cost me...
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