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Alec Sallow's fight between his passions and the image ingrained in him all his life is uncovering lost memories and hidden shadows that surround a family that he thought was mediocre and as polished as the next. Then, atop that, in comes the walking embodiment of the sun's warmth, and she's fully prepared to let him lead, let him speak, decide. Which is something he's never done.
But finds himself wanting to take that leap. For all he has missed and all he lost.
Cassio Bravga is, in every characteristic, his father's heir. But his father did not warn him how deep their possessive nature went when they found something they wanted no other to have, touch, or see. But he picked wisely, as his father did before, and as he learns to navigate this monstrous personality, she becomes that barrier that he is never to cross.
But will she ever regret it? What happens if Cassio goes too far, becomes too much?
Alice Chase enjoys solitude. She's remained in the shadows where they demanded she stay. Haunted by threats and consequences, she sits, waiting. Shoving all those precious pieces of herself onto a shelf for safekeeping. But, he quickly shows her that there is no other space she belongs but beside him. Front and center, in the burning attention she spent her life attempting to hide from.
She doesn't know what's more frightening, the risks or the thrill of the fall.
Honey Hamilton is a hopeless romantic who will so easily give it another go. The Lower West isn't a place for nice, pretty, or happy girls. Never-ending generational chains that Honey severed to start her own fashion line. And man, did it take off, from sixteen with scars from needles to nineteen and owning a storefront, she worked. Every step, giving back to all those less fortunate. That's how she was raised, and that's how she'll continue being.
But what happens if he drags her into a world where manipulation wears a perfectly practiced smile too, and suddenly she's the one looking like a fool?