The Love They Couldn't Bury

They call it a tragedy. We call it our beginning.

When the devastating 1900 Galveston Hurricane tore our world apart, it left behind two orphaned infants—and a secret that would bind us forever. Raised under the same roof to protect a grieving woman’s sanity, Will and I were never meant to be anything more than companions in the wreckage. We shared a childhood, a home, and a name.

But innocence doesn't survive when the world starts to shatter.

As the shadow of the Great War looms and a deadly plague creeps into our town, the deep bond we relied on morphs into a profound, forbidden love. It is an agonizing, unspoken longing that threatens to shatter the only world we've ever known.

We try to bury our hearts to keep the peace. But in a town suffocated by strict morality and prying eyes, crossing the line from best friends to lovers is a lethal sin. If the Spanish Flu doesn't claim us, the town's judgment will.