BLURB: After a humiliating breakup turns Allison into school gossip, she was meant to continue her final year emotionally drained and desperate for peace. When a quiet new student, Aaron, steps in during a tense moment, rumors link them together. Instead of correcting the narrative, Allison leans into it—choosing to date him for her own sanity. Allison didn’t know that Aaron is living under a changed identity. Years earlier, he was involved in a killing ruled as self-defense, but dangerous people tied to the case still want him dead. Bryan, Aaron’s brother, a crime investigator, helped him disappear and warned him to live quietly—no relationships, no attention. But Aaron breaks every rule for Allison. As the relationship deepens, Allison begins to fall for him for real—just as Aaron’s past resurfaces. The people hunting him discover his new life, and Allison becomes a target simply by standing beside him. Forced to confront both danger and truth, Allison and Aaron must decide whether love built on imperfect beginnings is worth risking everything.