He gave up on love.

She gave up on life.

But sometimes the one you weren’t looking for is the only one who sees you.

When ex-soldier James Geraghty takes a job guarding Aden Barrington after a suspicious accident, he expects trouble. He doesn’t expect her. Aden renames people to survive and rewrites her world to stay safe, and James finds himself drawn into her strange, fractured logic.

He falls.

She calls him someone else to retain control.
But love doesn’t ask permission.

Both are haunted by their past. Both carry wounds that refuse to mend. What grows between them is fragile and frightening, yet it may be the one thing strong enough to face what comes next.

A haunting romance.