Marriah Roberts feels like she's living someone else's life and fulfilling someone else's dreams. Her life has always been pre-planned and predictable. But then unfortunate circumstances end with her and a wealthy stranger named Will Grayson being captured and held hostage by the country's most notorious criminal- Dominic Black. Will isn't the perfect man everyone thinks he is. He's done things he's not proud of. Things that make him dangerous. But when he and Marriah are thrown together into a dangerous new world he's forced to look at life with a new perspective. Spending time with the fiery but naïve Marriah Roberts awakens his long-lost conscience. He can't help but feel an overwhelming urge to protect her but what if the person she needs protection from is him? Trying to escape the evil clutches of the dangerous criminal Dominic Black, the two make an unusual team and develop an unbreakable bond. Marriah soon finds out the true meaning of friendship and trust. She discovers that someone in her life has been harboring a dark secret. Someone she cares for deeply. Can she save herself without losing everything? Cover designed by Anastasia Wright

*Highest rank #10 in Short Story* (Featured By Wattpad) By the end of the night two teenagers were dead. Mason Dale was killed. His throat slit by a beers broken glass. He was found in his friends basement. Some say his death was an accident, others say it was murder. Alice O'Conner committed suicide. She jumped off a bridge and drowned. She didn't leave a note. There was only one thing that connected their deaths that night. A party, one that would change the town Allenwood forever, and unleash its most hidden secrets. ••• Follow Alex and Elizabeth as they begin to unravel a secret, a secret so knotted it's begging to escape. •••COMPLETED••• This beautiful cover was created by @peachspit