Tristan by Cora Brent

No one dreamed of moving here.
They dreamed of escaping.
The struggling prison town in the desert was my family’s home for generations but now the sound of its name is like a curse to them.
By the time I finished college I had big plans.
Plans to move to Emblem. Plans to teach at Emblem High. Plans to see past the poverty and corruption that the town was infamous for. Plans to make a difference in the lives of the kids who lived there.
Tristan Mulligan never figured into my plans at all.
He was nothing but a small time criminal and former gang member who mocked everything I cared about, provoked me at every turn and kept me up at night with hot fantasies about how good he’d feel.
I knew better than to start something with him.
I did it anyway.
Tristan might shatter my heart. He might annihilate my future. And there’s something dangerously explosive about us when we’re together.
You can warn me about him all you want.
Everyone else has.
I haven’t listened yet.
Whether I’m ready to admit it or not, I’m already his…