He won’t let her leave. She doesn’t want to.
Ava Cassidy doesn’t do love.
She takes what she wants. Leaves before it matters. Keeps her focus exactly where it belongs—on her career.
Hollywood isn’t a dream. It’s inevitable.
Then Brett Manning notices her. A world-famous movie star.
Powerful. Untouchable. Obsessive.
Not to mention fucking gorgeous.
And he knows things about her he shouldn't.
Her work.
Her life.
Things she never told him.
When he invites her to his secluded mansion outside London, Ava tells herself it’s an opportunity she can control.
She’s wrong.
The house feels wrong.
Brett feels wrong.
And something in the walls is watching.
The deeper Ava goes, the harder it is to tell what’s real—and who Brett really is.
Because she’s not the first woman he’s brought here.
And the last one didn’t survive.
Ava knows she should walk away.
This time, she can’t.
Firecracker: Dark Devotion - Book One. Psychologically complex. Slow-burn obsession. High Heat.
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