Santiago has clawed his way through life to raise his brothers and help watch over his brother's best friend, little cousin Rosaline, only to fall for the one girl he knows he can't have.
Santiago had her first smile. It was a smile she gave solely to him-her heartbreaks, her secrets. Her dreams became his. Santiago, her unwavering protector, had her heart so entwined with his that he couldn't foresee where she ended, and he began. The lines blurred the day Rosaline returned from college as a beautiful, alluring woman.
She's no longer the little girl Santiago once knew but a woman who stirs feelings in him he fights to suppress. She's everywhere, a constant reminder of his forbidden desires.
Until he sees her shatter.
Her world turns upside down, and she relies on the only person she knows. Santiago is there, as always, to keep her safe and restore her broken pieces.
It's then they can't resist the flames that burn within them any longer.
Before it starts, it shatters.
Can love mend every broken piece back together? Is it strong enough?