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°This book contains explicit scenes so read at your own discretion.°
Everyone thought Daniel Hayes was perfect.
Popular. Handsome. Untouchable.
For a while, Rose believed it too.
Until the bruises began to show.
Until someone else noticed.
Her new English teacher.
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Rose Clarke is the kind of girl people stare at when she walks into a room. Beautiful, sharp, and impossible to ignore, she has the kind of face people envy and the kind of life they assume must be easy. They're wrong.
Daniel Carter Hayes is everything people admire without question. Popular, charming, untouchable. The kind of boy who moves through the world as if it was made to forgive him. For a while, Rose believed in that version of him too. Long enough to let him pull her away from everyone else. Long enough to mistake possession for love.
Then there's Mr. Hawthorne. Her new English teacher is controlled, unreadable, and unsettling in ways Rose can't fully explain. He notices too much. Says too little. And the moment his attention turns to her, the life Rose has been holding together so carefully begins to shift.
Because once someone finally sees the cracks, pretending gets a lot harder.
••A dark student/teacher romance novel••
TROPES
Forbidden Love
Teacher / Student
Obsessive Boyfriend
Dark Romance
Slow Burn
Morally Grey Man
Jealousy
Protective Male Lead
Hidden Bruises
Who Did This To You?