Mature Novel - Themes of Violence, Culture Clash, Sex etc Novel written in English, despite some Turkish words. Novel based in Istanbul, Turkey. "Let me explain it like this. She has this never ending passion. I mean, it's the kind of passion I've never seen in my life, not only in a woman, but in anybody at all. The passion for life, flowers, literature, the stars, the sea, for Galapagos. She's so different from everybody. She thinks so differently. I can't figure her out, I'm curious about her. I never get tired with her. I want her to be with me all the time. I want to be only with her. That's how it is." - Can Divit "Once you told me never to give up on my writing and dreams. You are the only one in my dreams. Now I can talk to you only by writing. I wrote down everything that I lived through since day one and if you read it one day, you'll understand everything. It was me telling you lies. It was me who gave the pictures you took and it was me that nearly caused you to lose your photography license. The spy you were looking for from day one was me. I know you'll never forgive me; especially after reading this letter. But I want you to remember me as being honest to you, even if it's too late. And despite all of my lies, I want you to believe in one true thing: All my feelings I felt for you were real. Even with all of those lies, Sanem who was full of love was real. Every single moment I spent with you was worth my entire life. I loved you very much, Can Divit. I love you a lot. I will always love you." - Sanem Aydin.

This story is inspired by the Turkish series Erkenci Kuş and its protagonists; I have taken some of the characters and their roles in the novel to create it, so it may bear some similarity to the plot we saw on screen. ______ Can and Sanem are two free souls whose paths cross by chance one random night, where, unsuspectingly, they will mark the beginning of a story they were not prepared for.

-- A CanEm AU story -- Can Divit is an adventurer who likes to take photos in the most secluded places. He decides to take on a job to go photograph the mysterious town of Mahalle in the middle of the forest. Unfortunately for him, he is caught in a trap and knocked out. He is found by a mysterious woman known as the Phoenix. She is immediately drawn to him and decides to heal him. The only problem being that strangers are not welcome in her town. She knows that if people know he is there, they will immediately want to kill him or extradite him. Will she be able to keep him safe?

Can and Sanem ends up with different ones....but love brings them again together....🥰