The Edge of Knowing

The Edge of Knowing

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Harper Novak has never been the kind of girl people forget. At five-eleven with storm-gray eyes and a lifetime of scars from farm work, she's learned how to stand her ground - and how to keep people at a distance. Life in Bethany, Connecticut has never been simple, but Harper knows her place in it: work hard, stay steady, and never let anyone close enough to see the cracks. Jonah is the opposite. Quiet, private, the kind of guy who slips through the halls at school without ever being noticed. He's kept his circle small and his world smaller, content to live on the edges. Until Harper Novak starts showing up in it. What begins as uneasy proximity shifts into something else - stolen conversations, late nights that linger too long, and a slow unraveling of the walls they've both built. But Harper carries more weight than she lets on, and Jonah isn't sure if stepping closer means saving her or losing himself. In a town where everyone thinks they know everyone else, Harper and Jonah are about to find out what it really means to be seen.
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Sixteen year-old Jade Andrews never wanted to move to Fairview - a quiet, gray town where the houses all look the same and secrets hang heavier than the rain. With her abusive, alcoholic stepfather as the only person waiting for her at home, Jade learns early that safety doesn't exist - not in her house, and not in her own skin. She's small, just 4'10", with long brown hair and deep brown eyes that have learned how to avoid attention. But on her first day at Fairview High, attention finds her anyway. It starts with laughter. A shoulder check. A whispered insult. Then comes Hunter Lockwood - the school's rugby captain. Six foot five, blonde hair, aqua-blue eyes, and a calm, predatory confidence that makes everyone else follow his lead. Along with his friends - Noah, Xavier, Zach, and Luke - Hunter rules the halls with charm and cruelty in equal measure. To them, Jade is just a new game. To Jade, they're the reason she starts walking faster every morning and sleeping less every night. But beneath Fairview's perfect surface, something darker is brewing - and the line between victim and villain begins to blur. Because sometimes, the quietest person in the room is the one who finally breaks.

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