Ablaze

Elements of Rapture, Book 3

By: Swati MH

Narrated by: Simone Lewis, Aaron Shedlock

Nine years... That's how long I've secretly loved my brother's best friend, a man who fights fires for a living but sets me ablaze with nothing but a cocky grin.

Dean Meyer has made it clear that we're just friends—best friends. So when we get stranded in an epic snowstorm, sharing one bed in a roadside motel, what could go wrong?

Everything.

We may have blurred the lines over the past nine years, but we'd never crossed them. Not the way we did that night.

He promised nothing would change, that he'd forget every kiss and every touch, every whimper and every moan. He promised we'd walk out the door and go back to the way things were.

He promised...but he lied.

And now, a year of missed calls and unanswered texts later, we find ourselves forced back together again.

Will the fire still burn between us, or did that one night's blaze leave us with nothing but ashes?

©2023 Swati M.H. (P)2025 Podium Audio

Slow burn happiness

This was an interesting format - you start present day, then go back in time to see years of tension build in this friends-to-lovers story. I loved Mala and Dean, but wish they’d just told each other their true feelings earlier! This ends up open-door, 🌶️🌶️.5, and had some beautiful writing.