Westcliffe Series Book 1

Safe Place

She only knows survival .

He only knows privilege.

One connection that changes everything

coming Sep 8, 2026

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protective mmc

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he falls first & harder

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trauma healing

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slow burn

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found family

- protective mmc - he falls first & harder - trauma healing - slow burn - found family

An illustration of a young girl with brown hair in a green sweatshirt that says 'WESTCLI' and a young man with brown hair in a navy blue long-sleeve shirt and beige pants, standing close together, with the boy looking at the girl and the girl slightly leaning on him.

Sophie Lennox has rules. Lock the door twice. Don't owe anyone anything. Never let anyone close enough to ask why.
Westcliffe University was supposed to be her clean break—three jobs, eighteen credits, a future in law school, and a thousand miles between her and the dark past she ran from. Her life is carefully controlled, because that's the only way it's ever worked. She doesn't need rescuing. She just needs quiet.

Micah Vale doesn't do quiet. The heir to a multi-billion-dollar empire, he runs his life on a calendar he hates and a name he didn't choose. Every door has been opened for him; none of them were ones he picked. Then a class project puts him in a group with a girl wearing the same sweatshirt as him, and his perfect schedule starts rearranging itself around her.

He's everything she's never let herself want. She's everything he isn't supposed to fall for. And when the past she fought so hard to escape begins closing in, Micah is the one who refuses to look away.

A slow-burn college romance about healing, hypervigilance, and finally finding a safe place to land.

A young woman with brown hair and a man with dark hair sit close on a white sofa, engaging in a conversation, with the woman's hand touching her face.

Content Note: Safe Place explores themes of past trauma, including emotional abuse, domestic violence, anxiety and emotional distress, and sexual coercion or intimidation.