Five strangers, Four months in hiding, Three secrets, Two lying parents and One lockdown in a foreign country.
The Cookes were perfect. Successful, devoted parents with intelligent children with promising futures, they could not seem more perfect. But you know what they say about perfection, it can only hide what's under the surface for so long. In a cruel turn of fate, Maia's life is turned completely upside down, the world and the people she thought she knew turn out to be fake, strongly based on lies that have been going for years. Now hiding from the people she cared most about, Maia must trust the mysterious Agency with her life and trust that the decision to be on lockdown for four months with complete strangers in another country, is the right one. But in four months can she remain distant from the agents tasked with keeping her safe and resist one dark- haired boy and his relentless attempts to break down the walls that surround her heart.
**Contains mild language, mentions of abuse, violence and drugs**
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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