| "A sister lost, a truth buried, but the past always demands its due"
"Meave Cormac and Liam Wood have spent years at each others throat-grades, clubs, leadership, and pure ego. They don't talk unless it's to gloat, and their only real relationship is stealing Student of the month from each other.
But then, Meave stops fighting.
Her grades slip, she skips clubs, and Liam-winning too easily hates it. he corners Meave multiple times, who finally snaps: her sister is missing, the police won't help, and she's out of options. But she has to wait.
Until she realizes she can't.
She starts digging-and, of course, Liam shows up.
From there, it's chaos. Clues, dead ends, breaking rules, dragging in unexpected help.
Tensions rise, secrets unravel, and the deeper they go, the worse it gets.
But one thing is clear: they can't stop now.
And somewhere along the way, they stop being just rivals."
A week before their high school graduation, Ellie's boyfriend walked her to her door and kissed her goodnight, just like any other night. But there was nothing ordinary about what followed. Austin disappeared without a trace, never to be seen again... until now.
Ellie is now 28. She has a good job, a roof over her head, and her best friend, a cat named Selma. Having fully given up on ever finding out what happened to Austin, imagine her surprise when she runs into him at a work conference out of town-wearing a name tag that says William. He's even more gorgeous now than he was back then. And that the spark between them... yeah, it's still sizzling. But Austin's secretive life leaves many questions unanswered and this time Ellie is not wiling to let go without an explanation.
Austin knows one thing for sure; Ellie will keep going until she finds the truth. And in order to keep her safe, he has to stay far, far away from her.
But can he?