Winter M. Raven was the girl in her school everyone wanted to be. She was popular, pretty, lived on a farm, and could speak fluently in Chinese, Spanish, English, and Japanese, thanks to her international family. She got straight A's in school and a perfect attendance. People basically though of her as royalty, earning her the nickname "Princess." Though she had many friends, she never really considered any of them her friends. That is, until the new boy, Luke S. Walker moved all the way from Austin, Texas, to Eminence, Indiana, right into the house next to Winter's. She found herself drawn to him in a way that was more than just friends, and finds that every secret of hers is coming out, but will her other, not so Royal side come out as well?
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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