Elara Vienne has always known the rules especially the ones she was never supposed to question. Growing up in a quiet countryside community where faith, family, and reputation mean everything, the plus-size Christian girl has learned to keep her dreams and desires to herself. Then one summer, Cassian Rhodes arrives and turns everything she believes about love upside down. He is everything she was warned to stay away from, and falling for him means crossing boundaries she never thought she would dare to cross. What begins as a beautiful summer neither of them expects slowly becomes a love complicated by faith, family, secrets, and a betrayal neither of them sees coming. But summer never lasts forever, and some people leave behind more than memories. Some leave a story that stays with you long after the day they went away.

Eleanor: My life is going to change. As expected of an mafia princesss i'm being sold of to a rich but very old businessman. After failing to escape from my father's clutches I'm brought to the old church up in the mountains. Little did i know my old bodyguard Theo is the who's going to swept me away. It's both sin and salvage for me. Theo: After years of planning, i'm going to exact my revenge against Reginald Marlowe. The power hungry fool is selling his only daughter Eleanor to an rich old man. After knowing Eleanor's failed attempt to escape, there is only one way. Kidnapping her and using her as an stepping stone for my plans. Little did i know she's going to be my sanctuary of redemption.

Book One: Some gardens grow flowers. Others grow secrets. When Elias tends to the forgotten garden his mother once loved, he unknowingly awakens a realm hidden beneath petals and roots, a world bound to someone who hasn't aged in lifetimes. Althea, the keeper of the Realm of Light between worlds, reveals a truth buried in their family's past and a future shaped by meaningful trials. Together with his sister Lina, whose life was once slipping through her fingers, Elias must choose: to stay in a world that is slowly forgetting them, or cross the veil to become something more. But where magic blooms, darkness roots deeper. And some doors, once opened, do not close quietly.

Maya, a rising pop star known to the world as Eva Collins, was suddenly kidnapped by a mysterious investigation group led by the enigmatic Maizon. To her surprise, he invited her to join their investigation crew. As she embarked on this dangerous journey, Maya found herself drawn to Clark, her devoted protector, while also noticing his brother, Ryan. Though she had been engaged to Ken since childhood, her growing connection with Clark left her heart conflicted. Along the way, she uncovered shocking truths about her past, her hidden identity, and her real family-secrets that would change everything she thought she knew about herself.