Rhylie Stewart was born on June 23, a day steeped in shadows and eerie omens. From her earliest memories, her father cast a chilling grip on her destiny, dictating every aspect of her life-from the friends she was allowed to have to the career she was forced to pursue. Years of relentless control twisted her aspirations into a desperate desire to please him, yet beneath the surface, a darker question festered: is this truly her path?
As night descends, Rhylie is irresistibly drawn to the thrill of speed, a dangerous dance with the law that beckons her into the shadows. In the sterile, flickering lights of the emergency department, her morals are tested, pitting her dreams against her father's suffocating expectations. In her search for identity, she stumbles upon long-buried secrets-whispers of a life concealed beneath layers of deception and fear. New acquaintances emerge, tempting her deeper into this tangled web, but can she trust their intentions, or do they mask darker motives?
As shadows gather and the lines between ally and enemy blur, Rhylie must confront a chilling reality: betrayal may lurk closer than she ever imagined. Juggling the treacherous balance between her father's ambitions and her desires, she must decide whether she can escape the grip of her double life-or if it will consume her whole.
Brooklyn Carter knows how to outrun the past-until the past comes looking for her.
The daughter of a disgraced racer, she's spent her life on the sidelines, watching the men around her take what they want and leave destruction in their wake. But when Knox Everett, a reckless street racer with a dangerous edge, collides into her world, the lines between danger and desire, escape and entrapment begin to blur.