You Can't Hide Forever

Liam Reed has spent the last two years surviving, not living. Since the death of his mother and sisters, his world has narrowed to football, school, work and a house that feels more like a cage. He keeps his head down, his walls up, and his anger buried deep enough that no one asks questions. No one except her.

Gabriella Ashford is his best friend's little sister. Off-limits. Untouchable. And everything he's been trying not to look at for years. She hides behind perfect dresses and forced smiles, fighting a war with her own reflection that no one else seems to notice. She is the "it" girl of the school where boys fawn over her looks she despises and the exact opposite of Liam's type.

Then, the night of a party in Brighton, everything goes wrong.

When Gabriella disappears, Liam knows exactly where to look. His father has always been dangerous. Shifty. Unpredictable. And when Liam confronts him, he makes the worst mistake of his life.

He gets taken too.

Trapped in a remote cabin near a dark, unforgiving coastline, Liam and Gabriella are forced into survival mode, relying on each other when fear strips everything else away. Secrets come out. Truths hurt. Walls crumble. And somewhere between hunger, bruises, and whispered conversations in the dark, something dangerous and undeniable grows between them.

Love was never part of the plan.
Neither was getting out alive.

Because some cages aren't built with walls.
And you can't hide forever.