At just twenty-two years old, Tatum is already carrying more responsibility than most. He balances college classes, long shifts at work, and the challenges of being a single parent-all while chasing his dream of becoming a chef. His life is routine, exhausting, and painfully predictable... until one night changes everything.
That night, he meets Lunastra.
Unbeknownst to Tatum, Lunastra is not from Earth. She is an alien princess from the distant planet Lunax, a world ruled by tradition, duty, and an arranged marriage she refuses to accept. Desperate to choose her own future, Lunastra escapes to Earth, disguising herself as a human to hide among its people.
As their lives intertwine, Tatum's quiet world begins to glow with wonder, secrets, and possibilities beyond the stars. What begins as an unexpected connection slowly becomes something deeper-forcing both of them to confront who they are, where they belong, and whether love can exist between two worlds.
Under the same moon, fate pulls them together... but time, truth, and the universe may pull them apart.
When Franny learns why former popular boy Tyler fell from grace, she gets thrown head-first into his dangerous world but also closer to his timid heart.
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Eighteen-year-old Tyler Madden used to have everything. He was captain of the football team, popular, high achiever, and was set to have a successful career. But when a secret too hard to handle comes to light, he turns to underground fighting to deal with the pain. Now, he's in too deep. And when Francesca Howard befriends him at school in the hopes of figuring out what went wrong, she unknowingly gets pulled into the criminal world he's now stuck in. As the two find comfort in each other, they find themselves faced with their impending future and trying to get Tyler out alive.
Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains scenes pertaining to drug use, substance abuse, and violence.
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