Isla Castell, 18, has lived her whole life in a small Maplemoor town in an orphanage. She wants to connect with people, but she’s too shy to go outside. Isla is sweet, quiet, and painfully shy. The only thing she does is take care of younger orphans and dream about the kind of love she reads about in fairy tales.
The day she meets Kade, a tattooed, mysterious man with a dangerous aura, everything changes. He is kind to her in a way that surprises her. Their chance meeting at a grocery store starts a slow-burning romance that goes against their backgrounds. He lives in the shadows, and his life is full of crime and secrets that he keeps safe. She is a girl of light who doesn’t know much about the world but is curious about how it makes her feel.
As their worlds collide, his full of danger and power, hers full of innocence and wonder, they find a fragile love that is worth fighting for. But when Kade’s enemies show up and his past puts Isla’s safety in danger, they both have to decide if their relationship can survive the fight between good and evil.
Can love bring together two people who come from very different worlds?