What the Fire Hides: a Steamy Second-chance Older Woman, Younger Man Romance & Stone Book

She’s sworn off love. He’s trying to outrun failure. Neither of them is ready for what’s coming.At 52, Maria isn’t interested in second chances. Her diner is her sanctuary — built from years of heartbreak, betrayal, and sheer grit. She doesn’t need a man, especially not one who’s twenty-four years younger and too sure of himself for his own good.But Jax isn’t just any man.He’s a tatted-up, heat-in-his-hands chef who crashes into her kitchen — and her life — with a reckless passion she thought she’d buried long ago. He’s cocky, brilliant, and dangerously charming. And he’s not backing down.When workplace tension turns to simmering desire, the kitchen becomes a battleground of flavor, trust, and longing. But just as they begin to let each other in, secrets from their pasts surface — threatening everything they’ve built.An age-gap, enemies-to-lovers romance about trust, truth, and the fire we hide behind.This is a standalone novel in the Salt & Stone series — for readers who crave older woman/younger man heat, emotional depth, and love that rises from the ashes.In Port Blossom, even the most guarded hearts can still catch fire.