The Start of Winter

Three months. One promise. A promise to try.

For four years, Winter Carson has hidden away from the world. After a traumatic event left her battling anxiety, depression, and overwhelming panic attacks, she spent her high school years being homeschooled, where the outside world felt safer from a distance than it ever did up close. But after the loss of her father--the one person who ever understood her--Winter makes a promise to herself. A promise to try.

Three months. Three months at May West Community College. She just has to get through three months. But stepping onto campus means facing everything she's spent years avoiding: crowded hallways, unfamiliar faces, and the constant fear that everyone can see right through her.

As Winter slowly learns that healing isn't about becoming fearless, she crosses paths with Cade Sterling--the mysterious student everyone knows by reputation alone. He's the boy with the bad temper, the bruised knuckles, and a past no one seems willing to look beyond.

But sometimes the people we fear the most, are carrying battles of their own. And sometimes, the bravest thing you can do...

..is choose to stay.