Unscathed Is a Lie
Liz didn't come to Brentwood Academy to make friends, fall in love, or start over. She came to survive.
After crossing the country to escape a past she refuses to talk about, Liz has one rule: keep her grades high, her head down, and everyone at a safe distance. At an elite private academy where power, money, and reputation rule everything, invisibility is the only protection she trusts.
Then she meets Ethan.
He's heir to one of the most powerful families in the country-rich, untouchable, and dangerously unpredictable. Everyone knows to stay away from him. Everyone knows getting close to Ethan means getting burned.
Including Liz.
He warns her not to come near him. She promises herself she won't. But the connection between them is impossible to ignore, and at Brentwood Academy, secrets don't stay buried for long. As hidden truths surface, rivalries ignite, and past traumas begin to collide, Liz and Ethan find themselves trapped in something far more dangerous than attraction.
Because what's growing between them isn't a love story.
It's a battlefield.