A cozy Christmas. An ordinary girl. A secret hidden for eighteen years. Stacy has always lived a normal life - annoying younger brother, quiet family dinners, warm Christmas lights, and a birthday that always arrives two days after Christmas. But beneath the comfort of her home, something has always felt... off. The empty chair at the dinner table. The silence her parents never explain. The secrets hidden behind their tired eyes. Then, on her eighteenth birthday, Stacy receives a gift that changes everything. A truth buried for years finally begins to unravel, leading her toward a kingdom she was never supposed to remember, a castle tied to her bloodline, and parents who gave her away to protect her from a life chosen long before she was born. As Stacy searches for answers, she finds herself drawn into a world of royal secrets, generational loyalty, hidden danger, and a prince who may know more about her past than she does. But the deeper she goes, the more she realizes: Some families hide secrets. Others hide entire kingdoms.

In a hidden world stitched together by secrets, shadows, and unspoken wars, Elena Raventhorn walks into a life she was never supposed to find. Raised in the underworld but trained like a ghost, she joins a covert organization known only to those who survive it-Sinister Flame. Thrown into chaos, betrayal, and blood-bound missions, Elena must earn her place alongside Crew 67-where loyalty is rare and emotions are liabilities. But nothing could prepare her for them-the rival crew of flawless, cold-blooded operatives who move like gods of ruin. Among them, one pair of eyes sees through her mask. One voice speaks to the storm within her. And when the world begins to burn beneath their feet, he tells her: "You're my first sin... and my last salvation, Eve." A story of fire and frost. Of bullets and secrets. Of the girl who wasn't meant to belong... and the man who would break the code to keep her.

At eighteen, Ivory Sterling has learned that love is as fleeting as it is painful. The weight of a past she cannot escape has left her heart frozen, her world reduced to silence and solitude. The one person she never had the courage to love is gone, and with him, any hope she once had for something more. When Declan Ford enters her life, a man as enigmatic and broken as she is, their connection is undeniable, yet their hatred is equally powerful. Bound by unspoken truths and the ghosts of their pasts, they find themselves caught between what was and what could never be. In a world full of "what ifs," they must face the question that haunts them both: Can love survive the weight of regret, or is it forever doomed to remain a memory? #8 in Rumours #11 in Fake Friends #13 in Secret Affair