A.Z. Steele

Acasia “Cassie” Hart was the quintessential American heiress. 
Proud, proper, pompous and as emotionless as a statue. She had a life planned to perfection, too bad it was one she did not want; friends she can’t trust, a boyfriend with no passion, and a nemesis worthy of an escape plan.

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Enter Sienna Muller, a complete nobody except for one redeeming quality: she can pretend to be Cassie, and offers to swap lives for the length of their university years. Sienna can play the heiress while Cassie gets the starving student lifestyle hidden away in Europe.

 

Nothing could go wrong, until it does.

 

Someone‘s dead, someone knows, and someone‘s coming.
 

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TRIGGER WARNINGS: Child abuse (physical - referenced); Underage drinking & drug use (some unintentional); NonCon scenes; Not great parents; Relationship abuse (emotional & physical); Mental traumas; OTP scenes

Spending her college years in Europe under a fake identity, Cassie Hart created a tolerable place in the world, set hopes and dreams, and gained a new set of survival skills.
 
Now returned back to her intended life, she’s ready to make peace with those friends and obligations she'd left behind. To get the college freedom she had wanted, Cassie signed a contract, not knowing it now means her life is once again a trap, connecting her to Grayson, the one person symbolizing her own personal villain.

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Cassie had feelings for him once but never knew how to ask for more. Now, she also has feelings for Thorn, the man who helped rescue her from dangers abroad. While she tries to navigate her heart and regain control of her life, there are still those who seek her destruction, aiming to manipulate her future and destroy her dreams.
 
There may be a way out, to claim back her own life. … All she has to do is forget everything she knows and believes in, without letting her heart get in the way.
 

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TRIGGER WARNINGS: Child abuse (physical - referenced); NonCon scenes (referenced); Gaslighting friends; Mental turmoil and traumas; OTP scenes

The trilogy of Cassie Hart concludes in this everything-laid-bare adventure.

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Cassie has been taken. There is no escaping a past that was designed to destroy, there never was. There is only the hope that Grayson and Thorn can find and rescue her before time runs out.
But who is the mastermind behind the evil plot? Who stands to gain if she disappears forever?

 

The heroes have vowed to do whatever it takes, work with whoever they must, and spare no expense to fall into the traps laid before them. Whether working with prisoners already locked away or uncovering evil masterminds in hiding, they design a trap to hunt the villains in return. Will it be enough? And, can Cassie survive the underworld she has fallen prey to? Will she be the same, once knowing how her life was always an illusion and those she trusted and loved were never on her side?
 

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TRIGGER WARNINGS:Child abuse (physical - referenced); Drinking and drug use (forced, unintentional); NonCon scenes (referenced and implied); CNC scenes; Voyeurism; Somnophilia; Human trafficking and physical abuse; Not great parents; Emotional abuse; Mental traumas; OTP scenes; Character unaliving; Toothbrush ambiguity

Jensen Rothwell has no soul. At least, that’s what the critics have said in his debut to the design world. He has no depth, no humanity, no passion. Jes wants nothing more than to prove he can make a name for himself without the family habits of bullying, vacating, tormenting and destroying those who get in their way. The Rothwells are about profit and power, nothing more; it’s tradition. But there are deadlines, and his plans need to be sorted before the stroke of midnight New Year’s Eve. Having to stop everything for his little brother to get married is more than his sanity can handle.

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Amelia Dorne is always available to those who need her, even when it’s her best friend planning a whirlwind winter wonderland wedding. For years, Amie has been personally preventing the demolition of her building and the ousting of her fellow tenants to make way for greedy new developers. This wedding just may be the fresh energy she needs, since she hasn’t been able to plan the next stage of her life, career and otherwise, while focusing on her friends. If only they can make it to New Year’s, they will finally be left alone.

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Tempers run high as Jes and Amie are tasked together for a common goal. Can they finally see eye-to-eye? If not, ruination awaits them all.

 

 

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Drinking (mostly enjoying, some escape); Car accident(s) trauma and recovery; Gaslighting and bullying friends; Mentions of drug abuse; Past emotional abuse; Absent parent, neglect; Abusive relationship; Anxiety; Chronic pain; Wedding stress; Financial issues; Eviction threats; Elderly concerns; Possibly haunted item.