He broke her heart to keep a secret—the same secret that stole her magic. Now he’s back to win her, before she finds the strength to walk away for good.Twenty years ago, Meredith Williams’s magic was bound—sealed away by the people who swore they loved her, without her knowledge and without her consent.She grew up never knowing what she was. She only knew the wound: the morning Jack walked out of her bed and her life with no reason she could survive.Now she knows the truth—she’s a magic person, and the power locked away inside her is hers to reclaim, if she’s willing to break the seal herself. And Jack is on her doorstep, ready to pick up exactly where they left off, as if the silent years were a misunderstanding instead of a betrayal.But Meredith isn’t the girl he left. She’s not ready to say yes—not to the magic, not to him—and this time she holds the power to walk away first.Can a love this scorching survive the truth about who bound her magic, who let her believe the lie, and who left her to break alone—or are some second chances just a slower way to burn?Second Chance Romance • Bound Magic Revealed • Love Pushed to the Breaking Point • Scorching Slow-Burn Reunion • Modern Urban Paranormal • Witches & Magic People • Hard-Won HEAHeat: Steamy (open door)Tone: Emotional, scorching, slow-burn tensionSeries: Book 1 of 7, the In Magic series — a new couple and HEA each book; best read in order for the ongoing storyLength: ~79,000 words, a full-length novelEnding: HEA with a series hook — no cliffhangerPOV: Multiple, led by Meredith and Jack; third person, past tenseContent Notes: On-page violence and peril (a magical battle, a poison-dagger stabbing, torture); death; grief and loss; on-page intimacy; no cheating.