A group of girls live in a life of adventure and wilderness. Their base is partly in a mountain and on a cliff edge with an ocean underneath, another part of it is underwater, the other part is in the fields that had been cleared of trees for farming and aviculture.
Each girl has their own role at their base, and adventures. Hiva, the leader of this family of wilders. Melissa is the main miner and is always carrying her nearly 50-pound backpack anywhere outside the base. Dina is the main hunter, or huntress. Rosa is their medic/vet, and she sometimes leaves the base to go to the mines, the Nether, or the End. Ray is their main farmer, growing serval corps and farming many animals. Athena is their blacksmith, and she will trade a good deal of ender pearls for her to make something .... or diamonds (depending on what you ask). Hecate is the potion maker and enchanter, and don't get stuff onto her books, she hates that. Sekhmet is the main monster hunter, always up for a fight. Kit is the animal expert and collector. Most of their animals have been found by her. Camile is the chief, and no one can compete against her cooking. Then there's Kaite, who's the journalist of the group. Researching anything she can and studying anything she sees.
These girls have spent their lives to gather since they were littles. Having a bond as strong as an 80 pounds of solid obsidian packed together. Exploring new biomes, caves, villages, etc. Finding tressures and rare items, along with collecting other things. New creatures to find and documenting them. The way their life is, it's paradise to them and they wouldn't change a thing about it.
However .... a monster thought to be long gone, comes back from the dead, and threatens all of life as they know it.
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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