Grace
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Last published Tue, Jun 16, 2026
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Grace Johnson is finally free.
After aging out of the foster system, she follows her older brother, Gabriel, to college with two goals: to keep her scholarship, and to build a life of her own.
Moving in with Gabe and his best friend was supposed to be easy.
Adam Carter was anything but.
Tattooed, quiet, and far too good at seeing through her. He was supposed to be a friend. She was supposed to be off-limits.
As finals approach and old wounds resurface, Grace is forced to face the mother who left, the brother who raised her, and the terrifying possibility that she might truly be loved without having to earn it.
This is a story about first love, found home, broken childhoods, and the people who carry us when we do not know how to carry ourselves.
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