Sometimes the greatest love stories begin after everything falls apart.

Elena Rousseau has rebuilt her life with meticulous care. After a devastating divorce, she's channeled her passion into her career as a rising art curator in Manhattan. Her latest exhibition, "After the Storm," is her declaration to the world: she has survived, she has healed, she is moving forward—alone.

Then she meets James Sullivan.

The brilliant but guarded architect walks into her gallery opening and sees past every carefully constructed wall she's built. Their connection is immediate, intense, and terrifying for two people who've sworn off taking risks with their hearts.

But when Elena discovers an unexpected inheritance from her late father—one that comes with impossible conditions and the manipulation of her wealthy ex-husband—she and James must decide how much they're willing to risk for each other.

Can two broken people build something beautiful together? Or will their pasts destroy their chance at a future?

"After the Storm" is a sweeping contemporary romance about second chances, the courage to be vulnerable, and discovering that sometimes the person you least expect becomes the shelter you've always needed.