LightSkinGoddess
For many years, 17-year-old Ryker Carter has lived with a dark secret that nearly consumes him. It is not the dramatic kind, but the quiet, invisible kind that can become like invisible chains around one's neck. The only thing that keeps him going is his eight-year-old sister, Seraphina Carter, who is mute and close to Carter.
Many people see him as a cocky, confident guy with the weight of the world on his shoulders, driving a fancy car and wearing expensive clothes and shoes. His little sister dresses the same way, which only fuels the jealousy. But Ryker steers clear of rumors-not because they bother him, but because he already knows the truth, and that's all that matters to him.
One night, he receives news from the police that his adopted father has died in a car crash.
To make matters worse, he finds out that his little sister, Seraphina, was stolen at birth and that her real biological family has been searching for her for years. What will Carter do now? He has no connection to Seraphina's family, not even by blood, yet he's been watching over and protecting her for a long time.
Blood does not make a family.
Love does.
Ryker is unwilling to give her up.
But something else caught his eye-a girl about his age, with eyes holding a mysterious calm, hair as dark as a raven's feather, and lips the color of cherries. Her gaze was as still as the surface of a lake, yet he found himself inexplicably drawn to her. Soon, he discovered that her family carried dark secrets to match his own. Still, at the end of the day, he would do whatever it took to protect his own.