"Tell me something," Leona said, her voice barely above a whisper as her eyes flickered to his frowning face. "Why are you doing this?"
Her lips pressed together, a small, almost painful smile tugging at her mouth as she breathed in slowly, her chest rising with the effort.
He took a shaky breath, his voice raw, almost broken. "Because I can't live without you. Not anymore."
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What happens when life, love, and the choices we make when time runs out. Leona Hawke, a successful author, faces an uncertain future after a rare heart condition threatens to take it all away. Determined to finish one last project, she finds herself entangled with Dr. Tristan Hale a brilliant but guarded heart surgeon with his own demons.
When their worlds collide, both are forced to confront what it means to truly live-and to let go. But as the clock ticks, secrets unfold, and a journey neither expected begins.
What would you risk for one last chance at life? And how far would you go to save someone who doesn't want to be saved?
*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems*
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Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto.
In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.