vivacious and open-hearted, a series of betrayals has transformed her into a recluse-hearted, a series of betrayals has transformed her into a recluse. Her best friend stole her boyfriend whom shd truly love, her brother who ruined her life.
Clara has learned to expect the worst from everyone.
Locked in her family's Mansion , she's made solitude her shield, protecting herself from the pain of further betrayal.
Then, in the quiet of one fateful night, Liam ( AkA Raven) enters her life.
Raven. once an aspiring architect with dreams as grand as skyscrapers, had his world crumble with the mysterious death of his parents. Left to fend for his younger siblings and drowning in despair and debts, he was lured into a life of crime. Each heist, each job took him further away from the man he wished to be and deeper into a world he never imagined.
Their first encounter, during his ill-fated burglary of her home, was a collision of two broken souls. Clara's fortress was breached, not by force, but by an unexpected connection, a shared pain. Their subsequent meetings, borne out of circumstance and curiosity, became a dance of push and pull, of secrets and revelations.
As Clara grapples with figures from her past re-emerging and the complexities of new betrayals, Liam is haunted by the weight of his choices and the shadows of his criminal ties. Their growing bond is tested repeatedly, not just by external threats but by their own internal battles.
Can Clara ever truly trust again, especially a man with Liam's past? And can Raven find redemption and a path back to his lost dreams? As their stories intertwine, they must navigate a world where trust is fragile, and love is the ultimate gamble...
Elisa is on the run from her parents' past, and the rucksack full of secrets that she carries is key to protecting her estranged brothers from an unseen enemy.
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Entrusted with secrets from her family's past, Elisa West has been on the run for half of her life. She's always kept people at a distance, jumping from foster home to foster home, and now she's landed with her biological family. Her brothers haven't seen her since she was a toddler, and don't know what to make of the strange closed-off teenager or her secrets. But when she finally opens up about murder, scientists, and dangerous experiments, it becomes evident that Elisa hasn't just come home to reunite with her family. She's come back to destroy the terrible legacy that haunts them.
(Book One of The Roses of Forever Series)
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