Noa I was not the kind of woman who would pick up a stranger in a bar. While celebrating my twenty-third birthday, I trauma-bonded with Judah, a man almost twenty years older, whose beautiful blue eyes reflected the sorrow I wanted to escape. One night's respite was all we intended to give each other. That turned out to be a risky move on my part, because Judah was far from the man I thought he was, and his connection to my family was more insidious and heartbreaking than I'd ever thought was possible. Judah She was a warning sign walking into a bar. Noa was too young, damaged, and confused for a mess of a man like me. But she stilled the raging seas of grief threatening to drown me and I couldn't let her go, even when I found out who she really was. Noa and I shared a legacy, a dark secret I'd kept for decades, though when the full truth is revealed, it's more harrowing than I could've ever imagined. Steele Hearts Don't Break is a forbidden romance in a small town where some secrets are so dark, they know how to hide.