"Breathe." He dipped his head down so that his lips were right at my ear, his strong arm wrapped securely around my waist, molding my body into his. "If you're going to fall apart,." He starts, teeth gritted. "Now's the time. I'll be here to put you back together when it's over." I squeezed my eyes shut again, and I did just that. I fell apart. ******* Secrets. Lies. Deception. Murder. I'd seen and done it all. And not willingly. So I left. I sacrificed my freedom to save myself, and the only way to ensure my own safety was to start over. Clean slate. New people. New me. But the last thing I expected when I arrived at Manonwell Prep Academy was to be bombarded by a boy-no, a man who held some unknown vendetta against me. Call it obsession, infatuation, hatred. To me it was all one in the same. He was everywhere I turned, like a shadow. Watching me. Taunting me. Haunting me. And it was all because of something I did to him a long time ago. It was something so bad that he couldn't stand me, that he wanted me dead, and the idea of making my life a living hell was something that he took pride in. But I didn't remember. I had no clue what I could've done to him in the past, but he was hellbent on pushing me until I did. My plans on starting over were shattered the minute I stepped inside that school. He was the type of person that demanded your attention without having to speak. He was untamed and wild and unhinged. But what he didn't know was that the Winter Travers that he knew in past, the one I didn't remember, was no longer alive. I was different. She was gone and I was here. And he was everything I should've been afraid of. Sinister, quiet, manipulative, but I knew it would be a cold day in hell before I let him win. Ronan was like gasoline waiting to be doused on the fire that inside me, and if he was ready to burn, then so was I.

After losing her memories to a tragic event she doesn't remember, she is left with a brother and blur fragments of her past to live with. Malvina is determined to live life forward rather than dwelling on the past. A set life plan and her beloved brother by her side, she doesn't need much from life. Enters a mysterious, dark-eyes stranger who treats her like the most precious treasure, but why? Adrian Reed knows one thing in life, his Malvina and he will do anything to have her back. It's a past they both share but only one remembers. How will they overcome this distance? Join Adrian and Malvina's story of love and hate and passion. MALVINA ASHFORD: I closed the closet door with all the skeletons in it, locked it, and left it in the bottom of the ocean, now I have only one purpose - to protect my brother. My life was fine until he arrived in it, with the key to the closet along with him. Wreaked havoc on my mind and heart and kept me craving for more. ADRIAN REED: I want her. I have wanted her since she came into my life ten years ago. There are memories she doesn't remember, and I cannot forget. She hated me, but that hate was blur under her forgotten memories. This time I won't make a mistake. I will make her fall in love with me. When love meets secrets and pasts meets present, old stories are revived. Is that it? Are they the only players in this game or are they both being played? Join the journey of Malvina and Adrian, discover lies, secrets and hidden love. [UPDATE EVERY SATURDAY] FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM FOR UPDATES RELATED TO THE BOOK. LINK IN MY BIO.

𝒲𝑒'𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓉 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔. ♡♡ 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧 grew up with the finest things money could buy, but without the things it couldn't. For the briefest moment, he thought he had found a new mother, his au pair. But then her real child, Valeria, moved in with them, shattering his illusion. 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳 grew up watching her mother serve others among luxuries forever out of reach. She longed for the glamorous lives of those who entered the mansion through the front door and dreamed of being the girl in the fashion magazines she could get her hands on. Nicholas made no effort to hide how displeased he was when she was around and always kept his distance, which became impossible once Valeria enrolled at Nicholas's prestigious school. Since then, he made it his mission to pretend she didn't exist, and he succeeded for three years. But when Valeria starts making his life difficult, a new strategy is born. He's going to play with her emotions until she falls for him, only so that he can go back to ignoring her, crushing her feelings. But Valeria is not a fool; she sees right through him. What happens when she decides to play along?