In a quiet small-town library where silence reigns and life moves at a gentle pace, Lila, a devoted and innocent librarian, lives a life of routine. Surrounded by books, she dreams of adventure but has settled into the calm predictability of her days. Her world is turned upside down when Ethan, a seemingly dull and reserved man, joins the library staff.
Ethan, however, is no ordinary librarian. Beneath his unremarkable demeanor lies the identity of a covert spy, working undercover to dismantle a dangerous criminal organization that uses the library as a front. Focused on his mission, Ethan is unprepared for Lila-her sweetness, purity, and curiosity-a woman who slowly starts to captivate him, threatening to unravel his carefully constructed cover.
As Lila and Ethan's quiet interactions in the library lead to charged moments of intimacy, Lila finds herself falling for the mysterious newcomer. She feels desire awakening in her, an excitement she's never known before. But as their secret encounters intensify, so do Lila's suspicions that Ethan is hiding something. With every stolen glance and every whispered conversation, she is pulled deeper into a world she doesn't yet understand.
When Lila stumbles upon clues about Ethan's true identity, she is forced to confront the truth about the man she loves: he's a spy, living a life of danger and deception. Heartbroken and confused, Lila must decide whether to turn away from the man who has awakened a new passion in her or to embrace the dark thrill of his world.
As their lives collide in a whirlwind of romance, danger, and secrets, Lila and Ethan are bound by a love neither expected, but both are willing to risk everything for.
A dystopian young adult novel involving romance, secret experiments on human subjects, and a group of teenagers' will to survive.
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All Evita Creedy, 17, wants is to finish her degree and be accepted for a prestigious job with the city's Department of Energy. On the way to take her placement test she sees a man take a gun out of his bag. Panicked, she reaches into her purse for her phone to call 911.
Instead she takes out a gun.
She doesn't know where it came from or how it got there, but when the man turns his gun on her she shoots him. It would be easy for Evita to forget about where the gun came from and let her life return to normal, but its mysterious appearance won't stop nagging at her. When Evita starts asking questions Evelyn Sheer, the head of the city's Department of Energy, takes her captive and places her in a secret, underground research facility.
Evelyn Sheer and the researchers are trying to create a genetic modification that enables humans to photosynthesize. Once in the facility, Evita is tagged as a test subject and loses all say over what happens to her body. She has to escape. By the time she comes up with a plan there is only one problem.
Evita isn't ready to leave.