||Book 1 of the Dawn Series||
Erin Thompson, a high school senior, has spent years enduring bullying from a group of popular students, including Luca Anderson, the school's notorious bad boy. Struggling with her weight, she often feels invisible and isolated. A serious accident leads to a dramatic weight loss, igniting Erin's transformation both physically and emotionally.
As she gains confidence, Erin begins to attract attention, from old and new admirers. Erin can't shake the feeling that something is missing. She dismisses her growing attraction to Luca, convinced that he could never genuinely like someone like her.
Meanwhile, Luca, intrigued by Erin's newfound strength, struggles with his own feelings. Despite his past as one of those who pester her, he admires her courage and resilience. However, There's more about his feelings that meets the eye.
As Erin spends more time with Luca, she starts to realize that their connection seems like something that felt familiar. Conflicted and confused, she must confront her feelings and the fears that have held her back. In a moment of clarity, she recognizes that her heart has always been drawn to Luca, and it's time to embrace that truth.
But with embracing the truth comes new troubles and tribulations that Erin would have never prepared for.
Katherine Reynolds and Erik Jones couldn't be any more different. White/black, Upper class/lower class, sweet and innocent/dangerous and corrupt.
Their lives should never cross paths. Their lives should be completely separate. They had no business knowing each other, other than the fact that they went to the same school. Even then, they had no correlations. They had no classes that were the same, they had no mutual friends, they had no reason to know each other. Somehow, their lives kept intertwining with one another and they found themselves slipping deeper and deeper into each other's life.
Erik always thought that Katherine was nothing but a spoiled brat with a perfect life, but soon he found himself realizing that her life isn't as perfect as it seems. Katherine always thought that Erik was nothing more that the rumors that were spread about him: a dangerous guy with bad friends. Soon she realizes that he would do anything for his family, no matter what the cost.
Can Katherine and Erik find a way to navigate their unlikely friendship or will they prove to be too different from each other. Will hate and intolerance win out or can love, acceptance, and understanding conquer all?