Family First

Mara Vale has spent her life surviving her father's anger and hiding the truth behind silence.

A scholarship to The Academy gives her a chance to start over in a world built on brilliance, favors, loyalty, and power. There, she catches the attention of the Blackbourne team, a tightly bonded chosen family led by the controlled and strategic Owen Blackbourne.

But as Mara begins to trust them, the Toma Team enters her life too: competitive, protective, mysterious, and impossible to ignore.

Between Blackbourne's loyalty and Toma's intensity, Mara slowly learns that help does not always come with strings, family is not always blood, and love can grow in unexpected ways.

Before she can belong to them, she has to learn how to stand on her own.

Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to CL Stone.