Burning Daylight (Deluxe Edition, Defying the Stars #1) by Emily McIntire

Paperback, Release Date September 30, 2025

The first book in a new series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily McIntire.

Welcome to Rosebrook Falls, a corrupt town with some morally questionable characters, as Emily McIntire reimagines classic tragic love stories and gives them their happy endings, with her signature dark twist.  He's a graffiti artist from the bad part of town, the bastard son everyone thought was dead. She's the daughter of the town's most powerful founding family, the princess everyone wants to protect. From feuding families and forbidden to be together, but they are soul mates who can't stay away. It's a tale as old as time. Welcome to Rosebrook Falls: a corrupt town with some morally questionable characters, and the star-crossed lovers at the center of it all.