The first in the 'Lest We Forget' Series. 18 year old Elle Wickham is on the run. From what, nobody knows. Entering a new town on a decked out motorbike that she built up herself, with her little brother on board, she is the talk of the minuscule population - especially when she turns out to be the niece of the only bachelor in the town, and the owner of the garage she gets a job in. With her cold aura and her sharp tongue, she isn't what you'd call approachable and with her eidetic memory she isn't one to forgive easily. In fact, the only one to get any emotion out of her is her sibling, a fact that local basketball star, Erik Marshall, is quick to notice - and uses that to his full advantage. But with her past threatening to find her and endanger the only thing that matters in her life, will she be able to settle down in the quiet woodsy area? Or will she have to go on the run again with her brother in tow - or better yet, confront the danger head on....even if it means to give her life in turn?

Kalen Mercer's Rules of Survival Rule #1: Don't get caught. Rule #2: Always get even. Rule #3: Trust Nobody. Survival isn't just a word to Ioney Mercer; it's a way of life. Having grown up in poverty in Chicago where some of the most ruthless gangs in the country preside, Ioney knows better than anyone what it takes to stay in the game. Or so she thought. When her older brother Kalen is brutally murdered and Ioney is left to take care of her younger siblings, she doesn't think things can get any worse. That is until in a cataclysmic turn of events, Ioney is thrown into a pit of danger her brother has left behind. Sinister people have suddenly developed an interest in her, she unwittingly falls into the middle of growing gang rivalries, and unfortunately manages to land herself under the scrutiny of Chicago Blood Kings Enforcer Justice Montoya. As things escalate rapidly, Ioney finds herself at a crossroads. Can she trust notoriously ruthless gangster Justice Montoya, or is he just another enemy she has to conquer in order to survive.