Love Like Firelight by Paloma Price

They were raised under the same sun—but the world was never theirs to share.

Book 1: The Blood That Binds
On the sunbaked land of Hacienda Santa Retiro, María Inés was born to ride with roses in her hair and a silver spoon in her hand. Santiago was born in dust, found near a river, and raised in the stables like a stray colt. From the moment they met as children, something wild and wordless passed between them.

As they grow, that bond becomes something more—something dangerous.

When a suitor from a rival ranch arrives with wealth, power, and promises her father cannot refuse, María is forced to choose between duty and desire. But the land remembers every secret. And when fire breaks, a blade is drawn, and a boy is blamed—Santiago vanishes into the desert, leaving behind only ash… and the blood that binds them still.

In a world ruled by inheritance and honor, can love survive what’s written in blood?

Book Two: The Rider Returns
Years have passed since the stables burned and the boy she loved disappeared. Now, María Inés lives behind stone walls with a son to protect and a husband she never chose. But when a black horse rides into town, bearing a man carved by time and hardened by silence—her world shifts again.

Santiago has returned.

He’s bought the neighboring hacienda. Claimed the land. Called in debts. And taken a quiet interest in her son.

As tensions rise between rival ranches, secrets burn beneath the surface. A sacred spring sparks conflict between cowboys and native clans. And when gunfire erupts at an ambush gone wrong, María and Santiago must decide: is this love worth destroying what’s left of everything?

Because on this land, nothing stays buried. Not the past. Not the pain. And certainly not the fire still smoldering between them.

Book Three: Fallen Ember
The haciendas have burned. The graves have been dug. And yet—beneath the scorched sky and stubborn dust—hope still breathes.

María rides again, no longer a daughter of privilege, but a woman who has lost too much to stay silent. Santiago, weary and weathered, walks beside her not as the boy she loved, but as the man who refused to forget. Together, they must rebuild the land—and themselves.

But when a corrupt heir rises with forged claims and bullets in his pocket, the spring that once united them threatens to divide them for good. Their son, caught between vengeance and peace, must choose who he will become.

The final reckoning comes not in fire or gunpowder—but in memory. In forgiveness. And in the choice to make the land a home again—not just for the living, but for those it remembers.