The Hopkinsons had their little, happy world at their feet, each with secret problems, only to be hid from one another.
but when eldest girl, Fall, is the victim of a targeted terror attack, Jamie attacked by her own heart, their little world is now on their shoulders.
For Fall, all her life, she has felt, that she lives a different life in her dreams, but when she wakes up, she never fully remembers.
when she wakes up in a hospital bed, and meets Edward Bane, she wonders why she feels she loses a small part of herself whenever he goes?
Slowly healing from wounds on the inside and out, can this family ever truly find themselves again, admist the allegory of their totally different and combined worlds?
But when Fall finds her past catching up with her, it's not only truth and forgotten live she rediscovers, but a secret, a frosty one.
A secret that could melt a frozen heart.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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