Some love stories aren't meant to be beautiful. Some are written in scars.

Aslyn thought moving to Sedalia would be her escape. A quiet town. A fresh start. A place where the ghosts of her past couldn't follow.

But she was wrong.

Because Jake was waiting.

Dark, magnetic, and impossible to resist, Jake isn't like anyone she's ever met. There's something about him that pulls her in-something dangerous, something thrilling. He becomes her friend, her adventure, her shelter from everything she's trying to forget.

But every rose has its thorns.

What starts as a fierce connection soon twists into something else-something she can't name, something she isn't ready to face. He's everywhere. In every shadow. In every breath. The lines between love and fear blur. The closer she gets, the harder it becomes to tell where safety ends and danger begins.

She thought she was running from her past. But now she wonders if she's running straight into it.

And by the time she realizes what's happening... It may already be too late.

Thorns & Roses is a dark, haunting romance about obsession, heartbreak, and the lies we tell ourselves when we want to believe in love. It's a story about a girl searching for freedom-and the boy who makes her question everything she thought she knew about fate, trust, and herself.

Some love stories come with warnings. This one comes with scars.