My name is Jessica. I’m seventeen years old, and I’m just trying to survive until I can get away. I once had a beautiful life with my mom, so I know this is not what she wanted for me. After mom died, leaving me with my sadistic father, I’ve known nothing but hell. But I’ll survive. I just have to make it a few more days...to my eighteenth birthday. Then I have a plan. I’ll leave with the money from my mom. I’ll go to college. I’ll make it. I had no idea that evil like this existed. The night before my birthday, my father abruptly wakes me and shoves me into his car, blindfolded. I have no idea where we’re going as he rants about not losing the insurance money. One minute I feel the car moving. The next, he’s yanking me from the car, and the beating begins. Something dormant in me tells me to fight, and I finally do fight back. As I lay on the ground, blood oozing down my head and onto my back, I knew this was it. The end. I waited for the final blow. But instead, I heard my father’s horrified yell…and a low menacing growl. When I wake, I find myself in a mansion, surrounded by breathtaking forest with its own city built into it. I’m in an infirmary where the kindest people are caring for me...and two brothers are especially interested in my well-being. As I recover, I begin to feel like I’ve worn out my welcome. To spare their feelings, I leave in the night, only to encounter the dangers of the woods...and the reality of their world. The wolves. Why do the fates keep making them my savior?

Everly is lost after the sudden death of her mother. With the funeral behind her and her brother back home, she is left to finish the tumultuous task of going through her mother's belongings. Her mother used the most beautiful hatboxes to store memories and keepsakes of special events from their childhood. As Everly opened one after another, needing the moments to remember her mother, she finds one that doesn't include her or her brother. This hatbox has letters and a journal, much like the others, but this one is about a man named Brett. A man that was not her father. A picture is found of this gorgeous man with an even more beautiful smile. As she pulls out item after item, she notices that the bottom of the hatbox is lined with an envelope that contains only one item...a deed to a home at Ocean Isle, NC. Out of desperation or need, she leaves to discover the mystery that her mom left behind. Was she meant to find it? Did her mom leave this trail to show her a life that anyone could have if you allow yourself to take that chance? Did she never tell her because it was too painful to relive that she lost something remarkable? Everly discovers the love story of her mother and Brett and the connection with his family. She learns that even after death, love can grow!

Chance knew the second that he met Kate…she was life-changing. It was the most powerful love until the day he destroyed it. He didn’t mean to hurt her, but he lost her. A lifetime passed and fate waited. Now, one of the wealthiest businessmen in NY, he needed her help, and she agreed reluctantly to work with his assistant. It was business and there was someone in her life. Her full life. So, why wasn’t fate done yet? And why did he never tell the truth about what happened the day that he lost her? Who was he trying to protect? When an accident brought them face to face again, the years felt like only hours for him. As she realized time didn’t heal old wounds, she kept herself safe from him, but this didn’t keep her safe from everyone. He wants to help her, but will he only hurt her again, or will fate finally get its way? It has only taken a lifetime to find out.