Forever Luminescent
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"Just shine like you always do."
Gwenn Davidson has always known she was adopted, but after clearing up her stuff for her first move out of her parent's house, she finds an old blanket gifted to her by her birth mother that triggers an avalanche of curiosity. She wants to find her biological family, but with a closed adoption and parents that shut her questions down, she has no clue how. Until she's thrown into Ronan King's direction, the guy with all the connections, who just so happens to be her boss's son.
The two strike a deal with one condition: no one must know they're working together.
But there are eyes everywhere, lurking and waiting to pounce on unsuspecting prey. Gwenn is trapped into a web of lies and blackmail until she questions everything and everyone around her, including herself.
Raw and treacherous, the tale of two souls playing with fire and ice.
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