She turned her in. Now she can't escape her. After everything that happened, Isla thought it was over. Ava was gone. Locked away. Out of her life for good. Until the day she isn't. Now Ava is everywhere. Watching. Waiting. Haunting her. But the more Isla tries to hold onto reality, the more it slips through her fingers. Because maybe the real question isn't whether Ava is back... It's whether she ever truly left.

When criminal psychologist Suyin Luo moves into a new house on the California coast, she believes she's finally escaped her past. A new city, a new beginning. Peace. But someone built this for her. And they're watching. Virelai Vexmore is a brilliant, reclusive architect with a taste for beauty, control, and Suyin. Her obsession runs deep, carved into blueprints and walls. Every door, every mirror, every shadow in the house leads back to her. This is a love story. Just not the kind you're used to.

I go to church every Sunday. Not for peace. Not for salvation. But to beg for forgiveness. For thoughts I shouldn't have. For the way my eyes linger when she walks into the room. For the warmth that spreads in my chest when she says my name. I don't understand it. I wasn't raised to feel this way. I wasn't raised to want a woman like her. So I sit in the confession box, trembling, whispering prayers I don't believe in anymore. Because I think she sees me too. Watches me when she thinks I'm not looking. And even though she barely speaks to me... Something in her gaze feels like possession. Maybe I'm imagining it. Or maybe she's the sin I'll never escape.

Aleah was just your average young adult - well, not entirely average - but the point is that she didn't need much from life and she was perfectly content with the idea that she was going to go to college, get a job, get married, and settle down like everyone else. That was until she takes a bullet for Kasey Sloane, the daughter of the fourth largest mafia in America. __________________________ WARNING THIS BOOK IS MATURE AND HAS A PRETTY ROUGH GANG INITIATION SCENE AND DEALS WITH TRAUMA AND ABUSE.

"𝐈'𝐌 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐘 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍." #1. #GirlonGirl March 29th, 2025

Isla Sterling is perfect. The golden girl. The one everyone wants but no one deserves. And Ava? Ava has been watching her for years-quietly, patiently, obsessively. Isla doesn't know about the hidden glances, the stolen photos, the whispered promises Ava makes to herself. Not yet. But when a Halloween party throws them together in a game of chance, Ava gets her first taste of what it feels like to be close to Isla-to touch her, to hear her voice just inches away. And it's not enough. It will never be enough. Because Isla is meant to be hers. She just doesn't know it yet. But she will