NEW ADULT GOTHIC ROMANCE. Under 18 can read, just promise to skip over the naughty bits.
Eighteen-year-old Rose never planned to fall in love with her adoptive brother, tattooed bad-boy Keenan. She never dreamed of him loving her back. And the last thing she imagined is that they might be related. For real.
Trapped in her sleepy hometown, Rose navigates the fragile world of Thornhill, her adoptive family’s estate. Neglected in the shadow of the older sister she never met, Rose finds solace in her paintings—and in cutting. This fall she’s back from another stay at the mental ward, determined to turn her life around, finish her last year of high school and escape from Thornhill for good. This year she won’t let anything get to her: not her half-mad mother’s irrational demands, not her adoptive brother making her life a living hell.
Then, one dusty afternoon, she kisses Keenan in the attic of the old house—and tumbles head first into secrecy, danger and heartache as the two of them try to hide their relationship from the world.
But staying hidden in a town where everyone knows everyone is the easy part. When Rose makes a macabre discovery in the attic room, she can’t resist the chance to unravel Thornhill’s dark past. But the secrets, rumors and coincidences paint a devastating picture: she and Keenan might actually be brother and sister.
To save herself and Keenan, Rose must separate the truth from the lies. She must figure out why her older sister killed herself long before Rose arrived at Thornhill. She must find out what her mother is hiding, and discover the nature of the generations-old curse hanging over the family… before the irreparable can happen.