Declan Mwangi stopped coming to school on a Tuesday. By Friday everybody had moved on.Zoey Park couldn't.When the boy who sat in front of her disappears without explanation, Zoey does the only thing she knows how to do — she starts digging. A late night tip leads her to a hidden sketchbook in the gym lockers. Inside are pages and pages of careful drawings showing something very wrong involving the most beloved teacher at Westbrook High.Coach Halliday.The man currently leading the search for Declan.The deeper Zoey digs the bigger it gets. Other students left Westbrook quietly before Declan did. Nobody asked why. The school knew something was wrong and buried it. And the paper trail leads somewhere Zoey never expected — straight to her own mother.Declan didn't get taken. He ran. But he left the sketchbook behind on purpose, in a place he trusted the right person would find it. He didn't need rescuing. He needed backup.Dead Seat is a gripping YA mystery about a missing boy, a dangerous secret, and a girl who learns that sometimes the most dangerous thing you can do is simply pay attention.

Ethan Cole is the CEO of Cole Meridian Technologies, a powerful tech empire known across the world. To the public, he is a respected genius who built his company from nothing. But behind the success lies a hidden past filled with missing records and unexplained disappearances tied to the company’s foundation.Zara Williams joins the company under a fake identity as a data analyst, but her real mission is to investigate the disappearance of her brother, Daniel Williams. Daniel was once connected to the same tech environment before he vanished without explanation.Inside the company, Zara begins to uncover encrypted files, restricted systems, and hidden references to a classified project called Project Eclipse. The deeper she investigates, the more she realizes that Ethan Cole may be connected to everything she is searching for.However, Ethan is not an ordinary CEO. He is highly intelligent, always observant, and seems to notice things others miss. As Zara gets closer to the truth, she also becomes the subject of Ethan’s attention.The story develops into a dangerous balance of investigation, emotional tension, and hidden truths. Zara must decide whether to expose Ethan or uncover a truth that may be more complicated than she ever imagined.

Elara Hayes lives a life filled with struggle and responsibility. Working in a luxury hotel, she spends her days serving guests who barely notice her, while her nights are spent worrying about her sick mother and the growing hospital bills she cannot afford. Life has been unkind to her, and every day feels like a battle to survive.Everything changes when she meets Ronan Hale, a powerful and cold billionaire CEO who seems to notice her in a way no one else ever has. Their first encounter is unexpected, but it leaves a strange tension between them that Elara cannot understand or explain.When her situation becomes desperate, Ronan offers her an unusual deal—marry him for one year, and he will take care of all her problems. With no other choice, Elara agrees, stepping into a world of wealth, control, and secrets she does not fully understand.But what begins as a contract quickly turns into something much darker and more complicated. Elara soon discovers that Ronan is deeply connected to her painful past—the same past that destroyed her family and left her father in prison. What she thought was an escape becomes a trap of emotions, betrayal, and hidden truth.As hate and attraction grow side by side, Elara is forced to question everything she believes about him. And just when she thinks she understands the truth, shocking secrets begin to surface—revealing that Ronan may not be the real enemy after all.In a world built on lies, revenge, and hidden motives, Elara must choose between holding on to her pain or risking her heart for a love that should never have existed.