liking the verboten

18 year old Faith Lindsay
and
21 year old Wes Zelinsky

are strictly verboten.

in a world where Starvers and Loiners have been at war for several decades, Faith is an 18 year old Starver, fighting to be able to provide for her family in a cruel world war.
One day, while she's out in the open, desperately trying to find (some type of medicine) for her sick mother, she unfortunately, quite literally, stumbles upon a boy she's not supposed to be messing with. He's the usual good-looking, witty and oh-so charming guy, until he's not and turns out to be an enemy in disguise.
Wes, born and proud to be a Loiner, immediately finds a liking to the stubborn, up-front and oh-so verboten girl.
They both know they shouldn't associate with each other, hell they should be killing each other, but that's the thing about verboten things. They always seem to be the things humans want most, don't they?