In Ponderosa Springs, to love is to look back.

Andromeda Van Doren and Ezra Caldwell were once inseparable—childhood best friends until a destructive cycle of heartbreak turned them into strangers. One always turned back. The other never learned when to walk away.

Reunited in Ponderosa Springs, they are drawn into each other’s orbit once more. Old wounds reopen, memories play on repeat, and a tension neither can resist simmers just beneath the surface. Every glance, every touch is a reminder of what they lost—and what they may never escape.

When a secret admirer emerges with a vendetta and threats turn violent, Ezra reminds Andromeda whose obsession eclipses all others.

Her shadow.