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There is a love so fierce it cannot be measured. A heart so strong it will never slow. There is a promise so sure it can never lie. He promised me that love forever. Even when it wasn't enough. Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. There is no measure of time. No sounds of the ticking of a clock. Just the rising and falling of the sun and our own sense of forever. But our forever isn't always.

LUCAS PRESTON muss sich um seine fünf jüngeren Brüder kümmern. Täglich um Mitternacht klopft er bei Laney – die für ihn längst mehr ist als seine beste Freundin. LANEY SANDERS war ein einsames Einzelkind – bis sie in das Leben der Preston Family eintauchte und Lucas kennenlernte. Seit Jahren fragt sie sich, ob er dasselbe fühlt wie sie. Doch sie weiß, dass er seit dem Tod seiner Mutter für seine Geschwister da sein muss.

The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever. Trotz ihrer Zweifel hat Ava sich auf Connor eingelassen. Für einen kurzen Moment hat sie sich erlaubt, ein einziges Mal glücklich zu sein. Denn noch nie hat sie sich jemandem so nahe gefühlt wie Connor und noch nie hat sie jemandem so sehr ihr Herz geöffnet. Doch als die Realität sie eiskalt einholt, zersplittern Avas Träume in tausend Scherben. Und sie weiß, dass ihr nur eine Wahl bleibt: Sie muss Connor frei geben, damit er eine Zukunft haben kann.

The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever. Für immer. Ava steht kurz vor dem Highschoolabschluss und dennoch weiß sie schon jetzt, wie ihr Leben für immer aussehen wird. Aufopferungsvoll kümmert sie sich um ihre schwer traumatisierte Mutter. Und niemals würde Ava sie allein lassen. Als sie Connor begegnet, ist er der Erste, der sich nicht von Avas Schutzmauern einschüchtern lässt. Mit jeder Berührung zeigt er ihr, dass sie sich bei ihm fallen lassen kann. Doch Ava weiß, dass Connors "Für-Immer" nicht mit ihrem zu vereinen ist.

I'm grateful he showed up on my doorstep, pissed off and angry at the world. If he hadn't, I wouldn't be here. And I don't just mean here on this journey with him. I mean here in this world.

We live in a world of darkness and shadows, where monsters hide and aim to ruin. And they did. They ruined us and turned our dreams into nightmares. But now we're back. And we're fighting. Not just for us or for each other but for our light.

They say that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For every choice you make there are rewards or consequences. It was my choice to walk away the first time. And my choice to chase her the second. But sometimes you don't get a choice, and all you get are the consequences. They say that being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Unless that someone is Logan Matthews.

Chloe has one plan for the future, and one plan only: the road. She's made a promise to herself: don't let anyone in, and don't let anyone love her. She's learned the hard way what happens if she breaks her rules. So she's focused on being invisible and waiting until she can set out on the road--her dream of freedom, at least for a little while.

When Mikayla imagined her prom night, she envisioned a fairy-tale evening full of romance. So when betrayal and tragedy come in quick succession, Mikayla is completely destroyed. Suddenly, everything she loved and everyone she relied on are tragically, irrevocably gone. Jake, a handsome boy she just met, happens to witness her loss. With no one to turn to, Mikayla is forced to depend on this near stranger and his family, and he in turn is determined to take care of her.

Rhys Garrett—recent high school graduate, ex-captain of the basketball team, and my brother's rival both on and off the court. Oh, and he's also the guy I just hit with my truck. Awesome. To be fair, he had it coming. Why else was he dressed in all black, in the middle of the night, if not to hide out amongst the darkness?

Moving to the middle of nowhere right before my senior year wasn't ideal. Then again, neither was my brother dying. The move was supposed to be a fresh start. A new town, a new school, a new mindset. Too bad my past indiscretions followed me. Enter Jace Rivera, the literal boy next door. Jace is loved by the town. Admired by his peers. Worshipped by his teammates. On the basketball court, he's a god amongst men. Off the court, he's… nothing at all like I expected.