A Watty Award winner. Hazel is determined to leave the orphanage, but why would anyone want to adopt a seventeen year old? Her only hope is to go through with the plan that only she can do. But what if that plan included betraying the most influential people in their country? Hazel has to choose between what she knows is right and her selfish wants. When Astra puts the plan into full swing, who will Hazel choose? On the sunny beach of Wake Summer Island, Hazel stands in between the De Zilva family and the paradise she has always wanted. Hazel has to figure out what she wants more, freedom or the caring family that she has grown to love. Who will she choose? Read on to find out!

When Gabriel Montehue comes back into Gwen Hampton's life, she doesn't know what to expect. A turn of events occur and suddenly Gwen can not remember a single thing about him. He becomes a stranger in Gwen's eyes; completely forgetting that they've shared a past together.-Gabriel has his own reasons for his return. As months pass there is an undeniable attraction that both Gwen and Gabriel share towards each other. Gabriel's secrets are discovered but will it effect Gwen on her view of him? Together they are fighting against a power greater than anything they could have ever imagined. Will love be their salvation or is their destiny sealed without either of them having the power to decide what happens with their lives? Together they will answer the question that for centuries has been asked, "Can you truly escape death?"