M. L. Stevens Books

Ten years after high school, Zae Richardson is stuck.

 

He's delivering food, suffering from depression, and living with an abusive, drug-addicted father. One night, he sees the girl who once made his life Hell: Janiyah Jones. She's walking down the street in the lower districts, dressed in glitter and heels with bruises painted onto her skin. After discovering her in a traumatic, compromising situation, Zae makes a choice that will change everything for both of them.

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He takes her home.

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As they hide from Janiyah’s past and Zae’s future, they're forced to confront the lives they've been running from. In the harrowing space between trauma and recovery, they must decide whether or not to take the first step. Because to Zae, the most dangerous thing is what he's willing to risk to feel something real.

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Over the course of two weeks, Zae and Janiyah will find out what it means to love and be loved while broken, and what it truly means to choose each other.