VelvetPixie
At seventeen, April was a creature of simple curiosities-a mini explorer with a glass jar permanently gripped in her hand, hopping through sunlit gardens to chase butterflies. But adulthood has a brutal way of shattering childhood innocence. On the stroke of her eighteenth birthday, April's world fractures. Her mother, Olivia, vanishes into thin air, leaving behind nothing but a scattering of birthday gifts and a trail of cryptic, whispered secrets.Haunted by the sudden silence of her empty home, April spends the night of her birthday searching every shadow. Hidden behind a painting of lilies-her absolute favorite flower-she uncovers a chilling clue left intentionally for her eyes only.With no one left to trust, April slips past her strict caretaker under the cover of dawn. Armed with nothing but her mother's mysterious notes and a heart full of desperate hope, she boards a train bound for the winding, rain-slicked streets of London. April is looking for answers, but the city holds something far more dangerous. Trapped in a web of family lies and a race against a killer, she is entirely unprepared for the boy who needs saving-or the dangerous romance that will threaten to pull them both under.