Stay With You

I thought flying halfway around the world for a gap year would be a great adventure, but it's not the stunning mountain scenery that makes my heart go crazy. It's the gorgeous trainee firefighter who rescues me during my first week in Destiny Falls.

Liam Braddock has golden hair, a mischievous smile, and a way of making me feel like he really sees me. And likes what he sees.

We know it isn't smart to fall for each other. Not when his life is here, and I'll be returning home before long. But we both know hearts don't deal in logic.

Then tragedy strikes, and I'm forced to make a choice that might send my dreams for a perfect future up in smoke...

Author's note: This is a short story with a cliffhanger. It is the prequel to Come Back to You, the first book in the Destiny Falls series by Alexa Rivers.

Alexa Rivers is the author of sexy, emotional small town romances set in gorgeous New Zealand.

She lives in a small town herself, complete with nosy neighbors and quirky traditions.

She shares a house with a neurotic dog and a husband who thinks he's hilarious.

When she's not writing, she enjoys travelling, baking and decorating cakes, eating those cakes, cuddling fluffy animals, drinking excessive amounts of tea, and absorbing herself in fictional worlds.