Amara thinks sixteen is supposed to be the year when everything finally starts making sense.Instead, everything gets messier.Her closest friendship begins falling apart. Her parents start putting pressure on her about her future. A new student enters her life and makes her question some of the things she believes about herself. Meanwhile, she’s trying to keep up with school, friendships, expectations, and the uncomfortable feeling that everyone is growing up faster than she is.Over the course of one year, Amara learns that growing up isn’t about suddenly having all the answers.It’s about becoming comfortable with not having them.

Twenty-two-year-old Nadia Ellis has spent years rebuilding her life after her father's mysterious death ruined her family.When she accepts a temporary job as a personal archivist at the secluded estate of billionaire Adrian Blackwood, she expects to organise old documents and earn enough money to start over.Instead, she discovers a letter bearing her father's signature in a locked room that supposedly hasn't been opened in fifteen years.The letter contains a single sentence:If anything happens to me, never trust a Blackwood.Adrian Blackwood is wealthy, calculating and notorious for destroying anyone who threatens his family. He insists Nadia's father betrayed his own company before his death. Nadia believes the accusation is a lie.Their growing attraction complicates everything. Adrian seems determined to keep Nadia close, but every answer he gives raises another question. And as Nadia uncovers the truth, she begins to suspect that Adrian didn't hire her by coincidence.He knew who she was before she arrived.He knows what happened to her father.And he may be the only person who can reveal the truth—or the person most determined to bury it.