The One...Who Resisted

Austin Heat Series #6

• Mistaken Identity
• He falls first and hardest
• Fake Dating
• Escort
• Sworn off relationships
• Forbidden Love
• Opposites attract
• Teacher/student
• Dark Secret
• Sports Romance
• Cowboy/Western Romance
• Single Mother: son has Autism
• Second Chance romance

The sixth installment in Amari Nylix’s addictive series, Austin Heat: THE ONE…Who Resisted, will make you cry and ache, relate and cheer, as Jake’s oldest sister sets out to reclaim her life and agency. Melissa gains clarity, finally, after years of acquiescence, and realizes the “perfect” upper middle-class life she dreamed of, curated even, is a farce. A very bad fit.

Melissa confronts herself and takes a cold, hard look at her choices: the social group she has prided herself on being part of, the seemingly impeccable marriage, the altogether contrived version of her that took years to craft. Now, it all feels like a cage, imprisoning her, holding her back, cutting her off from her true concept of fulfillment. Will she ultimately be brave enough to cast it all aside and stand up for the values she’s repressed to live this artificial so-called “bliss?”

As Melissa comes to terms with the truth that she doesn’t recognize the person she is today, she’s unexpectedly faced with still excruciating heartache from her past. She finds herself a whisper away from the first lips she ever kissed. That boy, now a man, will inspire her to reconcile the person she is with the spirit she once was.  Will she look in the mirror and finally be honest with herself about who she is and what really matters to her?

This story is for every woman who has dared to reinvent herself!