Bøger af Delsheree Gladden

Uriah thought his battle would be over once he saved Claire's life, but his search to save their love and uncover the truth of his destiny is nowhere near finished.After losing Claire to the Twin Soul bond, Uriah intends to seek out the Matwau and let the monster have exactly what he wants...Uriah's death.Only the words of the shaman, who has already betrayed him more than once, stops him.Her promise that there is still a chance of saving Claire from the bond and keeping her love for Uriah whole sends him on a new hunt to find a shaxoa witch who is rumored to have more power and knowledge than anyone has seen in centuries.No matter the price, Uriah promises to find the shaxoa and rescue Claire from a fate she doesn't want.Claire promises to hold off the cruel desires of the Twin Soul bond until he returns.Keeping their promises may require more of them than they ever could have imagined.As Uriah searches for a way to break the bond and Claire's desperation to resist the bond intensifies, both learn truths about themselves that will change everything.

Mason is not imaginary, and neither is his world. He's not a ghost, but he does have incredible powers. Even though he's not a hallucination, his existence is still hard to believe. What Mason is, is the one Aerling capable of saving an entire world. Mason thought he was going home, but surviving Sentinel attacks and making it back to the Aerling world is only the beginning of Mason's fight to protect the ones he loves. Every Aerling believes he can save them, but in order to win a battle that has been raging for millennia, Mason must face down the one man he truly fears, the only man capable of withstanding his power. This is one fight Mason may not be able to win.

It's bad enough that Echo already has ghosts haunting her 24/7, now her past mistakes want to join the fun and come back to haunt her, too? Moving to Georgia was supposed to be a fresh start. So far, it's turned out to be a fresh start at more chaos. After battling Devourers for the soul of her childhood friend, Echo learns the depth of what her abilities might cost her. She's always been pretty good at failure, which is concerning when the fate of the spiritual world is suddenly in your hands. If that isn't enough pressure already, Echo's personal life is a mess. She and Malachi are both freaked out by her ability to control him and have no idea whether their relationship was ever based on more than their bond as Medium and Keeper. Kyran is keeping his distance from both of them to keep from doing something stupid, things are still tense with her parents, college is proving more than she bargained for, Agent Morton is doubting stability and brings in his son Griffin to help keep her ground-which only causes more problems between her and pretty much everyone, and Echo gets pulled into her first case: a young boy whose mysterious injuries and claims of monsters in his dreams has everyone baffled and terrified of what it might mean if he isn't lying. Oh yeah, and a past mistake Echo thought had already been dealt with is back to settle a score. It can't get much worse than that, right? Except, for Echo, things can always get worse.

Gretchen brought her car to a screeching halt in the middle of the highway, terrified she had just killed someone. The body lying on the road appeared so suddenly, she barely had time to hit the brakes. Luckily, she stopped short of him. Unluckily, someone else hadn't. Her call for help may have saved his life, but the damage done may be impossible to repair.Waking with no memory of who he is or how he ended up a broken mess in the hospital, he has no choice but to rely on his rescuer for help. "John Doe" is his only identity until fragmented memories begin cropping back up. They are only fleeting images of a woman, but John hides even that from Gretchen, afraid it will lead him back home and away from the woman he is quickly falling in love with.

Simple and easy falls apart when secrets revealed require making promises and opening up to the possibilities of hurt and hope.Leo Bailey has so far escaped the curse of the date shark business. He fills in when needed, but has held onto his casual relationships and family emergency-free existence.Marriage and family are a vague idea for the future, but he's not ready to give up the freedom of being single and answering only to himself.When Piper Moretti witnesses the demise of yet another of Leo's friends-with-benefits relationship, she doesn't think much of it. She has a long list of more pressing responsibilities and headaches to occupy her mind.Friends, and the strings that go with them, are at the bottom of her priority list.When a date shark client who tops the list of bizarre behavior Leo has seen, his half-joking request for rescue drags Piper into the chaos and into Leo's life.Neither one wants more than a simple, no-stress friendship. Secrets and surprises force them to admit neither one is nearly as in control of their futures as they think they are.Helping each other means getting involved, making promises, and opening themselves up to the hurt and hope they're both terrified to face.

Eliza Carlisle has the unwanted talent of attracting trouble, in all its forms. That couldn't be truer than when she moves into the most bizarre apartment building on the planet. Weekly required dinners with the landlord and assigned chores are bad enough, but the rules don't end there. Top most on the list of requirements is NO physical violence against the others residents. There have been issues. In the past. The young manager, Sonya, claims that hasn't been a problem recently, but Eliza comes home from her first day of culinary school to find a dead resident, her next door neighbor looking good for the crime, and a cop that seems more interested in harassing her than solving the case. All Eliza wanted was to escape her past and start over, completely anonymous in a big city. That's not going to be so easy when the killer thinks she's made off with a valuable piece of evidence everyone is trying to get their hands on. The ultimatum that she turn it over to save her own life creates a small problem. Eliza has no idea what the killer wants, or where the mysterious object might be. If she can't uncover a decades old mystery in time, surviving culinary school will be the least of her problems.

Her mom has disowned her. Her boyfriend tried to kill her. Her best friend is pretending she doesn't exist. Oh yeah, and the entire world hates her. Literally. Happy sweet sixteen, Libby Sparks. Not exactly an ideal birthday, but it's pretty much what Libby was expecting when she showed up for her mandatory Inquest. Trying to run crossed her mind, but being hunted down by the Guardians...again, didn't really sound much better than dying. Having all seven talents marks Libby as one person capable of destroying the world, so it's no big surprise when she ends up with a Guardian blade at her throat. What is a surprise is being spared in order to become a pawn of the most ruthless Guardian of them all. Play nice, hide her powers, and he'll let her live until her eighteenth birthday, when her full powers unlock. Sounds like a pretty good plan until the life of her one remaining friend, Milo, is threatened and she's forced to choose. Abandon her friend to save her own life or embrace her destiny and truly become the Destroyer.

Everyone thinks Echo Simmons is crazy, but being The Ghost Host isn't just a YouTube hoax like people think. It's the only way to control the ghosts haunting her...at least until the FBI shows up asking questions. The first eighteen years of Echo Simmons' life have been less than ideal. On more than one occasion her parents have considered committing her. They don't believe she sees ghosts or that they harass her on a daily basis. So when a rogue ghost begins tormenting her, they're the last people she's going to tell. Her best friends Holden and Zara are doing their best to help, but ghost attacks are only the beginning of Echo's problems. Handling the ghosts by giving them a voice on YouTube through her webshow has been her saving grace-even if her parents think it's all a hoax-but that gets a little complicated when the ghost of Madeline Crew reveals a little too much about her previous life and the FBI shows up at her door wanting to know how she gained access to long-buried government secrets. It just keeps getting worse from there. Madeline's message to her great grandson sparks a strange connection between Echo and Malachi, which leads to Georgia, secrets, mistakes, love, lies, and life changing revelations.

Faced with holding up their end of an impossible bargain, Van and Zander can either play nice and stay safe or keep digging up the truth and risk everything. When Zander fails to reproduce the spectacular show of power David is so desperate to see again, he finds himself out offavor with his supposed mentor and at risk of breaking his agreement with the Eroi. His only option to avoid the Eroi's wrath is to work more closely with them, once again subjecting himself to Ivy's mind-stealing presence. Fighting his hunger becomes secondary to convincing her that the Eroi's lies and betrayal extend to who and what she really is. Once the most detested of the Roth siblings, Van has now become David's pet. It's clear he intends to take her into his inner circle, but at what price? Safety for her and her family lies in meeting David's demands. It also forces Van to decide what she's willing to do in order to stay in his good graces. Committing to becoming David's protege requires crossing a line she never expected to get even close to. Can she live up to his expectations without losing herself completely?

Olivia's best friend is not imaginary. He's not a ghost, either. And she's pretty sure he's not a hallucination. He's just Mason. He is, however, invisible. When five-year-old Olivia spotted the crying little boy on her front porch, she had no idea she was the only one who could see him. Twelve years later, when new-girl Robin casually introduces herself to Mason in the high school parking lot, they are both stunned. While Mason is thrilled to be seen, suspicion and jealousy make Olivia balk at welcoming Robin into their circle. Fear that Robin's intentions aren't what they appear to be seem to be validated when a strange black car shows up outside Olivia's house. Olivia is determined to prove Robin can't be trusted, but can she find the answers in time to protect Mason from whatever secret threats are looming? Invisibility can only hide Mason for so long...

When one small favor for a friend turns into a missing persons case and all-around chaos, Amos realizes looking after Eliza Carlisle is about as easy as bathing a cat. In the two years since Logan's death, Amos Walker has worked nonstop to avoid having to face life without him. His driven focus has given him the opportunity to open his own four-star restaurant, but hasn't helped him deal with his grief. Escaping New York for the New Orleans is a start, though, until a friend calls to beg for a small favor. Cover her classes at the culinary institute where she teaches while she goes home to deal with a family emergency. Sounds simple enough. Amos has covered for her before and it gets him out of the apartment he can't stand being in without Logan. There's just one caveat. There's this girl, one who might need a little help and encouragement, Lauren tells him. No big deal. Except looking after Eliza Carlisle is about as easy as bathing a cat. Sweet, but naïve, Eliza's efforts to help her friend and fellow culinary student leads everyone around her into a missing persons case that quickly spirals from hoping the girl missed her flight, to untangling an international web of crime. Amos isn't sure he can keep her safe, but he's positive he can't keep her from getting into trouble.

Being oblivious to all the signs that your life is about to fall apart doesn't stop it from happening to Sara Taylor. Alone except for the Siamese cat her boyfriend-ex-boyfriend-Joseph left behind to teach her a lesson, Sara has no clue how to survive on her own. She hasn't handled her own bills in years, can't meet a deadline without someone else programming alarms into her phone, and is constantly either losing important things or getting herself hopelessly lost. Sara has no idea how she's supposed to move out of her university apartment and start her first real job without someone there to hold her hand. Although she knows her new friend Monroe would step in to help, she's not about to call him after having thrown him out of her apartment when his suspicions about Joseph prove true and Sara is left angry and mortified. It doesn't take long before she is desperate to lean on someone else's strength, even for just a few minutes, as real life begins to overwhelm her. Pride forces her to either sink or swim, even when sinking seems the most likely outcome.

Uncovering the truth behind her strange dreams may cost Arrabella her life, but ignoring them may lead to something even worse.Turning sixteen should mean driving, dating, and breaking curfew. It shouldn't mean certain death. Arrabella might have been excited for her upcoming birthday if her parents hadn't just moved her to the middle of nowhere. Worse than missing the city and her friends is the nightmare that assaults her every night. Stalking her dreams, a raven-haired girl warns her, taunts her, as she is paraded toward her death.In search of answers, Arra turns to her grandfather, the only person willing to delve into her family's dark past. Warning her that once she takes the first step, there is no going back, he begins to unwind their awful heritage.She can't tell her parents what is waiting for her, so she turns to a new friend, Tanner Wheeler, a young man she barely knows but is immediately drawn to. Together, they unravel a story of selfish betrayal that reaches back to an age of merciless gods and blood sacrifice.

Watching her two nephews and a puppy named Thor for the weekend was supposed to be fun for Greenly Kendrick. Sweating to death at a never-ending baseball game while getting gum in her hair, soda down her shirt, and an ice cream pedicure wasn't part of the deal. Neither is finding out the best blind date she's ever stood up is there to witness it all.Longest. Weekend. Ever. Except it doesn't stop at one crazy weekend. Embarrassment turns into mortification, a head wound, and being patch up by her amused knight in shining armor.Roman Carpenter can't help laughing at Greenly's mishaps, but for some reason, he sticks with her through it all. At least, until his ex-wife shows up and starts causing trouble. What started off as a strange, yet promising relationship, might be able to survive spiteful exes, but adding in a stalker that puts everyone on edge and pulls the police into the mix, might push everyone past their breaking point.

***Recommended ages 18+ for language and sexual content*** A 007-style handoff between a girl he knew in high school and the college's star football player catches Sanford Camden's eye. He almost wishes it hadn't. Almost. Despite the fact that he hasn't spoken to Dahlia Carter since they graduated high school two years ago, he rushes to catch up with her, warn her the local police are watching the campus. Unfortunately, his warning isn't received very well. Insulted that he thinks she's a drug dealer, Dahlia storms away. That should be the end of it. Move on. For some reason Sanford can't quite explain, it's not the end. It's only the beginning. Dahlia can't decide whether Sanford is simply as weird as his mannequin parents, or if he's not quite all there. Neither option explains him showing up at a party she's working to basically stalk her and hurl questions. Of course, her grabbing him and locking lips just to piss off the skanky girl hounding him doesn't make a lot of sense either. It puts everything at risk, in fact. If her dad ever finds out...about any of her extracurricular activities...she won't have to worry about Lillian Devry scratching her eyes out. Her dad will kill her first. An insane father seems like the biggest stumbling block to Dahlia's freedom, until long-hidden secrets begin bubbling to the surface, and what once seemed like paranoid delusions become threats to her life neither Dahlia nor Sanford are prepared to fight.

How long can Eliza keeping looking over her shoulder before she finally sees her own death approaching?New Year's means resolutions, getting on track, making decisions.For Eliza Carlisle, starting a new year means making tough choices, even if those decisions mean losing friends and possibly getting kicked out of culinary school. She's all set to take her life in a new direction when her demented half-brother Simon's reappearance changes everything.Broken and more alone than she's been since fleeing her childhood home, Eliza struggles to hang onto the fragile threads that are holding her life together. Only a comically disastrous young chef and the threats against her life pull Eliza out of her fog of self-loathing. Saving seven-year-old Clara means ignoring the threat Simon now poses and surrendering to burnt grilled cheese sandwiches and whipped cream-splattered kitchens...not to mention family secrets, death threats, and a whole host of spy gadgets. And who can forget about Baxter?With so much mounted against her, Eliza has as much chance of surviving the criminal elite, her psychotic half-brother, and Baxter's determined advances as she does escaping Chef Harper's quest to kill her culinary dreams.

Everyone has bad days. Anna Elizondo is going on three years of bad days. It started with her mother's illness and eventual death, continued with a decision that ruined a friendship, and culminated in her father announcing they were broke and moving away right before her senior year of high school. Maybe a fresh start will turn things around. Or maybe it will put her face to face with her former best friend, Felix, and the hatred in he still carries for her. The only bright spot in Anna's move to Santa Fe is meeting her new swim coach, a long-time hero who has big plans for her athletic career. The pool is her refuge, but she can't hide there forever. Living in a small town makes it impossible to stay out of Felix's way, and unlikely their history will remain just between them for long. If Anna can't find a way to make things at least tolerable with Felix, it's going to be a very long summer.

Betrayal, lies, and guilt spill out in the face of tragedy, and the only person Vane is willing to accept help from seems the least capable of giving it.Vance Sullivan has always been the rock everyone turns to for help...His work with patients recovering from traumatic events makes him the perfect person to help his friend, Guy Saint Laurent, with one of his Date Shark appointments. When Vance meets hesitant, frightened Natalie Price, he suspects she's hiding the truth behind her fears, and he's drawn in by a need to help her.Haunted by a terrible event from her past, Natalie can't even endure being touched without suffering a crippling panic attack...She doesn't know why, but Natalie feels Vance might be the only one who can help her put the pieces of her life back together. Despite the tension their arrangement causes with his girlfriend, their bi-weekly sessions seem to be helping...as long as he keeps his promise not to push her to reveal more than she's ready to share.Suddenly the tables have turned...When Vance suffers his own unspeakable tragedy, asking for help is the last thing he wants to do. Drowning in grief and guilt, crushed by betrayal and lies, Vance needs a lifeline.Natalie has no idea why anyone thinks she can help him, given her own deep-rooted fears-but she knows she has to try. A twisted notion of justice makes the danger all too real, and Vance and Natalie realize it might take one broken soul to mend another...

Uriah never believed in his tribe's old stories. When Claire's life is in danger, he must battle not only ancient myths and legends come to life, but the truth behind the lies he's been told all his life. He avoids her because of the strange physical pain he feels when they touch. She avoids him because the way everyone seems to do what he says scares her.When Claire needs to escape a bad situation, Uriah is her first choice, and he is eager to rescue her. Faced with each other for the first time, both Uriah and Claire find it impossible to listen to their fears and stay away from one another. They soon find out, though, that there is more than they ever thought possible trying to keep them apart.When Claire is poisoned by her vindictive father, Uriah's resolve is tested. Ancient Native American myths and legends spring to life. As they try to keep Uriah from saving Claire's life, they also begin to reveal the truth behind the lies he has been told all his life.

Mason is not imaginary. He's not a ghost, either. And he's most definitely not a hallucination.Mason is an Aerling, and the Sentinels' number one target. Inseparable since Olivia found Mason crying in her front yard as a child, being apart from each other is unbearable. Knowing the separation is necessary to keep Mason safe and alive should make it easier for Olivia, but being stripped of her best friend and the person she loves most only heightens her fear and suspicions of those claiming to help. The pain of being kept apart until Mason's eighteenth birthday, when Olivia is expected to guide him back to the world of the Aerlings, is the least of their worries, though. As the Sentinels intensify their search for Mason, they bring the threat of danger to a level no one is prepared to face.

Sabine Saint Laurent is known as the Princess of Paris. Polite, beautiful, charming, polished...perfect.Everything is always under control, and when it isn't, she handles it. It's been an eventful few years with friends getting married, having babies, getting kidnapped, and almost dying, but she's made it through each upheaval with poise. Just as she's looking forward to things calming down, her entire life is upended by a startling piece of news.Aside from her agent managing her day-to-day affairs, Sabine does not ask for help. Not even from her close knit group of friends and family. So when she finds herself struggling to cope with major changes in her life, she's determined to power through on her own. It should be easy enough. Everything is always easy for Sabine: modeling, men, money, languages, art, cooking. Finding out she's pregnant shouldn't be any different, right?Except it's not easy. Nothing about navigating pregnancy, custody, complications, and a man she despises trying to seduce her is simple. Michael Moniteau's intentions are questionable, but she desperately needs help and he's the only one who understands enough to give it. It could be the beginning of something wonderful, or it could break the heart she's kept carefully shielded for so long.

Life as the marketing director for a popular fashion boutique is overwhelming for Leila Sparrow, to say the least.She's not sure what ever possessed her to add revamping her dating life to her already hectic schedule. Calling in renowned Date Shark, Eli Walsh seemed like a good idea until she actually met with him...Date Shark was only meant to be a side-enterprise to his thriving couple's therapy practice, but Eli Walsh knows it's become more of an obsession.At least, it was until he agreed to take on Leila. Somehow she has stolen his entire focus. He wants to admit his fascination with her and growing romantic interest, but he knows coming on too strong will scare her away.His plan to convince her that she is worth any man's interest by first being her friend is challenged when his tips start to pay off and Leila begins dating Luke.Will his friendship with Leila mean the end to any romantic pursuit?

Guy Saint Laurent is too busy cursing his sister for roping him into taking over Eli's Date Shark business to prepare himself for the slew of bizarre women he's about to get involved with. This is the last venture he intended to take on, but somehow he's just become Chicago's newest, most reluctant Date Shark.On top of dealing with bug-toting, mothering, obsessive women, Guy faces personal tragedy that changes his outlook on life, whether he wants it to or not. He's not sure what it is about Charlotte Brooks that draws him in, but getting her off his mind after a brief encounter proves impossible.As Charlotte tries to help Guy deal with his loss, he begins to get the impression she's hiding something from him. He knows he could simply walk away, continue as he always has, but he suspects whatever she's hiding, she won't be able to face it alone.Charlotte is the one woman who can capture his attention, but she may also be the one woman capable of breaking him.

Vanessa and Zander Roth sit balanced on the edge of impending death and unthinkable power. Their enemies hide, waiting for their chance to strike, while Vanessa and Zander are forced into the ranks of the Godlings. Even though David's brutal training is indeed improving their control, his methods are cruel and harsh. Van struggles to survive his torment while Zander embraces it. Full control of his power is his only hope of redeeming himself. The situation for Van worsens when her always reliable intuition strengthens into frightening visions that leave her fearful of Zander's future. She is desperate to protect her brother, but her sixteenth birthday and the eruption of the full strength of her hunger demands her full focus. Redemption and protection both take a backseat when a shocking discovery puts everything they've worked for in jeopardy. The choice between safety and freedom has never been more important, but the ability to choose is fading fast.

What's worse than getting dragged into a murder investigation because you tried to help a friend? Answer: Getting dragged into a murder investigation, drug ring, and criminal syndicate because someone mistakes you for a friend of your most despised coworker. When Eliza sees the man dead on the floor of Saul's Diner, she's more annoyed than scared. Until they all realize the man's death wasn't caused by a heart attack and Queen Bee Danielle blames Eliza's cooking. Fit to be tied, Eliza is determined to let Officer Gordon figure out who really killed the guy and put her energy toward not getting kicked out of culinary school after a reporter prints Danielle's spiteful accusations. But Eliza is Eliza, and staying out of things never works out quite the way she expects. When she is somehow mistaken for a friend of Danielle's by the people who actually killed the guy in the diner, she quickly finds herself up to her eyeballs in creepy fish, a burgeoning drug ring, scary criminals who like to put black bags over people heads before they kidnap them, and baking a three tier birthday cake at the last minute for someone she doesn't dare refuse. Eliza has never hated Danielle more, but helping her is the only way to save herself. After that, Danielle is fair game.

Secrets are unraveling, but they only reveal more questions and nowhere near enough answers. While the Roth siblings attempt to recover from a devastating confrontation with the Godlings, they each must face their own demons before they can have any hope of defeating those who hunt them. In the midst of trying to hold their personal lives together, the Roths are called upon to rescue the captured Richiamos from the Eroi's ever-tightening grasp. Their plan seems promising until traitorous actions threaten to tear the Godlings apart. Battling both the traitors and the Eroi is complicated further when it becomes apparent that victory won't be possible unless they can discover the truth of the Godlings' purpose. The battles the Roth siblings are expected to win seem endless, but if they can hold onto each other and their sanity long enough to survive, they might just save everyone.

Vanessa and Zander Roth are good at lying. They have to be in order to hide their uncontrollable hunger for pain and suffering. Living a normal life is out of the question, but neither of them are willing to admit that quite yet. The careful balance they struggle to maintain is upended by the arrival of Ivy Guerra. It's not just the vicious hunger she inspires that terrifies Van. The secrets she brings with her are far more dangerous. As Van's suspicions mount and her determination to unmask Ivy grows, she begs Zander for help. They've fought together against their hunger for so long. This shouldn't be any different. Blinded by his fascination and attraction to Ivy, Zander brushes off his little sister's conspiracy theories. One of them is right about Ivy...but if they lose control of their hunger, it won't matter. One little slip, and they'll all be dead.

"Why would someone commit murder over a cupcake?" That is Detective Gordon's question. Eliza doesn't have an answer, and doesn't particularly want to find one. Gordy promises she doesn't have to get involved...just look at the cupcake and use her culinary knowledge to tell him why it would inspire murder. It's never that easy. Not for Eliza Carlisle. What should be a relaxing two week break between semesters of culinary school turns into a never ending string of embarrassing, injury-inducing, rat-filled situations Eliza can't escape. She hadn't wanted to meet Puck's parents to begin with. Meeting them in the middle of the murder investigation and running into Chef Harper, her least favorite instructor who is intent on making her life miserable, guarantees anything but a good time. Add it just keeps getting better. Baxter is getting impatient. His ex-wife, the Evil Queen of Darkness, is getting more vicious by the second. Cupcake bakers are dropping every time the cops turns around. Eliza quickly finds herself hating the Christmas holidays even more than usual. All she has to do to survive her least favorite time of the year is catch a killer, beat Megan at her own evil game, hold off Baxter a little longer, and face down Puck's unimpressed parents. Piece of...cupcake.

Dreams, curses, and threats of death were supposed to over.After surviving an ancient Aztec curse, Arra is more than ready for her new life in the boring little town of Grainer, Maine...but she should have known better than to think it would last.The new dream of a lonely girl is odd, but Arra passes it off as nerves about starting school. Her boyfriend, Tanner, is push the dream out of her mind, until they walk onto the school campus and see the girl from Arra's dream.Tanner won't risk losing Arra again and demands she stay away from Sibeal, but Arra can't stop thinking about the girl's haunted expression. Arra can't walk away and let whatever curse has a hold of Sibeal claim her without trying to stop it. But what if Sibeal deserves the punishment?Arra's battle to make the right choice becomes more difficult when she is forced to seek help from her least favorite person. Sebastian Wallace is arrogant and irritating, but he has information she needs. As Arra tries to determine what the right choice is, she realizes saving Sibeal may be the least of her problems.

When faced with the choice between saving Milo's life and embracing her destiny, Libby Sparks knew there was only one answer. Become the Destroyer. Libby is about to learn that accepting her fate is only the first step in figuring out what being the Destroyer truly means. Libby must reign in and develop her talents while planning to rescue her captive army of Ciphers from the hands of Guardians. Rescuing the Ciphers is already dangerous enough, but everything becomes even more precarious when Cipher hunter, Braden, pushes his way into Libby's life. The strange connection they share frightens Libby, but it also pushes her to trust him despite her better judgment. When Libby's feelings of trust begin to morph into something more, her relationship with Milo isn't the only thing tested. If she is wrong about Braden's motives, everyone involved in the Cipher rescue may pay the ultimate price for her mistake.