Book Six

A Seth Carter Love Story

"In a world where popularity is currency and appearances decide everything...
he was never supposed to matter.
And she was never supposed to need him.
But love doesn't care who is supposed to win.
It just burns."

Seth Carter has spent most of his life invisible.

Quiet. Awkward. Brilliant in ways people overlook too easily.

At NYU, he's known as the shy nerd who keeps his head down, survives on caffeine and late-night study sessions, and secretly watches the girl he could never possibly have.

Summer Cooper is everything Seth isn't.

Popular. Beautiful. Untouchable.

The kind of girl who walks into a room and becomes the center of it instantly. Everyone thinks they know her-but beneath the perfect image and effortless confidence is a girl exhausted by pretending to be exactly who the world expects.

When Summer unexpectedly offers Seth a makeover and a fake relationship to help him "fit in," it starts as an experiment neither of them plans to take seriously.

But fake dating quickly becomes something far more dangerous.

Late-night study sessions turn emotionally intimate. Lingering touches become almost-kisses. And somewhere between the pretending, Seth realizes he's been in love with Summer long before she ever noticed him.

Meanwhile, Summer is terrified by how deeply Seth truly sees her.

Not the popular girl.
Not the performance.
Her.

And for the first time in her life... being loved honestly feels more frightening than being alone.

As jealousy, heartbreak, misunderstandings, and emotional walls threaten to tear them apart, Seth and Summer must decide if love is worth risking everything for-or if some people are simply too different to survive each other.

With the help of friends, family, and the enduring Carter legacy of impossible love stories, Seth and Summer discover that real love isn't about changing who you are.

It's about finally being seen.

Set against the backdrop of New York City, Glowing Flames is an emotional, slow-burn college romance filled with yearning, tension, fake dating chaos, iconic declarations of love, beachside weddings, family legacy, and the kind of soulmate connection that burns softly-but never fades.

Because some love stories burn like fire.

Theirs glowed.

"Some love stories explode like fireworks.
But ours...
ours became glowing flames-
steady enough to warm a lifetime,
bright enough to never be ignored."