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Two teens, bound by childhood promises made by their dreaming mothers, grow up side by side. The girl is sweet, empathetic, and ordinary, while the boy is brilliant, charismatic, and secretly ill—unaware that he cannot feel. Their relationship, shaped by loyalty and hidden pain, spirals toward a terrifying climax that forces them to consider the ultimate sacrifice.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: M. Anjelais
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