He was her first love. Now he's her brutal bully. And his cruelty is the only thing keeping her alive.
Talented artist Brielle Wells has a simple plan for surviving Blackwood Reform Academy, a gilded cage for the troublesome heirs of the elite: become a ghost. She's determined to keep her head down, serve her sentence for a rebellious act of vandalism, and never let anyone get close. But her plan for invisibility shatters the moment she lays eyes on the school's undisputed king: Ryker Vaughn.
He's the boy she spent a secret, sun-drenched summer falling in love with three years ago, the boy who then disappeared and broke her heart without a word . Now, he's a cold, predatory stranger who looks at her with terrifyingly empty eyes and pretends she doesn't exist. To solidify his reign, Ryker orchestrates a campaign of torment against Brielle, turning the entire school against her and destroying the one thing she has left: her art .
But Ryker's cruelty is a mask, a monstrous shield designed to protect Brielle from the even greater dangers lurking in Blackwood's shadows—and from his own family's enemies. When his rivals see Brielle as his weakness and target her as a pawn in their own deadly power games, Ryker is forced to reveal his hand . He has to save the girl he's been systematically destroying, exposing a truth more complex and tragic than Brielle could ever imagine. Now, caught in the crossfire, they must navigate the ruins of their past to survive a present where every ally is a potential enemy, and the brutal bully might be the only one who can save her.
Genre: Romance
Talented artist Brielle Wells has a simple plan for surviving Blackwood Reform Academy, a gilded cage for the troublesome heirs of the elite: become a ghost. She's determined to keep her head down, serve her sentence for a rebellious act of vandalism, and never let anyone get close. But her plan for invisibility shatters the moment she lays eyes on the school's undisputed king: Ryker Vaughn.
He's the boy she spent a secret, sun-drenched summer falling in love with three years ago, the boy who then disappeared and broke her heart without a word . Now, he's a cold, predatory stranger who looks at her with terrifyingly empty eyes and pretends she doesn't exist. To solidify his reign, Ryker orchestrates a campaign of torment against Brielle, turning the entire school against her and destroying the one thing she has left: her art .
But Ryker's cruelty is a mask, a monstrous shield designed to protect Brielle from the even greater dangers lurking in Blackwood's shadows—and from his own family's enemies. When his rivals see Brielle as his weakness and target her as a pawn in their own deadly power games, Ryker is forced to reveal his hand . He has to save the girl he's been systematically destroying, exposing a truth more complex and tragic than Brielle could ever imagine. Now, caught in the crossfire, they must navigate the ruins of their past to survive a present where every ally is a potential enemy, and the brutal bully might be the only one who can save her.
Genre: Romance
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