On the fantastical planet of Volari, 16 vannum old Maria is marrying the love of her life. However, mid wedding, the ceremony gets abruptly held at gunpoint and evacuated by a group of murderers. heartbroken and stranded in the deathly heat of Zenith, Maria has only 300 Vilarks to escape and find shelter. However, while going through the world, she discovers something she is maybe not supposed to discover yet.

In a city that never slows down, neither do they. Shane O'Cullen is a pediatric trauma doctor who lives in chaos-long shifts, impossible cases, and the constant weight of lives in his hands. Kai Nakamura runs toward danger for a living. As a detective, he's seen the worst the city has to offer-but nothing prepares him for loving someone who carries that much pain home. Between sirens, sleepless nights, and the fragile quiet of early mornings, they build something steady. Something real.

After suffering an unfortunate fate to a pool of tar, Vana now has to spend her eternity as the god of the earth, fulfilling tedious tasks for her entire life time. That is unless, she is able to find one of the 100 people on the planet that would take her place as the earth god, as she spends the rest of her time in eternal bliss. The only problem is, she only gets this opportunity one every 2,000 years for 3 months at a time! When her first chance finally comes, Vana selects 9 people to unravel her chaos on. As we read through the perspectives of the characters, we will watch as they fine love, heartbreak, and maybe even a secret cult?! You'll just have to read to find out.

Iris Lamay didn't know what was happening. She had a history with her overactive imagination, but ever since an unfortunate incident nearly a year ago, she finds it nearly impossible differentiating reality from her thoughts. She thought she was ready for love, but maybe that was just wishful thinking. Cassie Wrence didn't want to move. All of her friends were back in LA, she was used to the city, she had no reason to live in a town such as Rose-Oak. Well-no reason, of course, besides the bitter truth. She was working hard to push the memories of last year out of her mind, deflecting with her sunny personality. Her parents are waiting for her to finally get a boyfriend, when that didn't work out, Cassie never can seem to take her eyes off of the short girl she met through a friend. [MARKED MATURE FOR SUICIDAL THEMES, SA/GROOMING]