Crossing Lines

She came to Wexley Bay to disappear. He followed her to remember. Now, their past refuses to stay buried. Juliette Hart once had everything-an unstoppable legal career, prestige, power, and a reputation sharpened like steel. Until betrayal shattered it all. Exiled from the firm she built her life around, she fled to a quiet coastal town where no one knows her name and no one asks questions. But peace never lasts. Because across the street, leaning against a black Jaguar like he‘s been waiting for her all along, is Sebastian Cross-the man who set the match to her downfall. Once her partner in law and in ambition, now the ghost she can‘t escape. In Wexley Bay, Juliette is determined to rebuild. A small legal aid job, a new community, and a chance to finally stand on her own terms. But every time Sebastian steps closer-with his patience, his presence, his steady refusal to leave-old wounds reopen, old trust falters, and the fault lines between them shift. Is he here to redeem what he destroyed? Or to break her all over again? Crossing Lines is a slow-burn, second-chance romance about betrayal, resilience, and the courage it takes to trust again. Atmospheric, emotional, and deeply human, it will pull you into a love story where the past is as dangerous as the future is uncertain-and where healing might just mean learning to choose each other, one brick at a time.