Rose Rasmussen grew up with a protective cop as a father and a sweet, nurturing stay-at-home mother. Because of this, she never thought anything bad would ever happen to her. Until she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. The Bandits are a notorious bank robbing gang that have yet to be caught. As they're robbing the bank Rose unfortunately decides to go to, she manages to knock one of their masks off, revealing their face. Because of this, they decide to kidnap her so they can decide what they're going to do with her. What will Rose do? Will she make it out alive, or die for what she has witnessed? And what will happen between her and the mysterious leader of the Bandits, Casey Sawyer?

Nova can't escape the rich town of Riverside, where a tragedy follows her every step, but she can work to uncover who's been lying to her all these years. ***** When seventeen-year-old Nova Nightingale returns to her late mother's hometown the last thing she expects is to be public enemy number one, but the rumors surrounding her mother's sudden disappearance fifteen years earlier follow Nova everywhere she goes. And to top it all off, the local rich boy, Isaac Royal, is adamant about making her life hell. Surrounded by rumors, lies, and a secret keeping the town on edge, Nova has to figure out why she's hated and why the boy hell-bent on making her suffer seems to be the only person she can trust. Content/Triggering Warning: this story contains themes of suicide and violence [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]