Emery Whitechurch has loved her best friend, Asher Carter, for as long as she can remember. When she finally finds the courage to tell him how she feels, she expects their friendship to change. She never expects everything else to change with it.

Heartbroken and determined to stop waiting for her life to happen, Emery soon discovers that the world she thought she knew has been hiding secrets of its own. Secrets that will challenge everything she believes about her family, her future, and the life she has always imagined with Asher.

With her fearless cousin at her side, Emery begins to discover a strength she never knew she possessed. She'll need every bit of it as old rules threaten the future she wants, dangerous secrets begin to unravel, and something in the shadows draws ever closer.

But through every revelation, every choice, and every danger, one thing has never changed.

She loved him before the secrets. Before the danger. Before either of them understood why their bond ran so deep.

And Emery Whitechurch isn't about to give up on him now.