Author Description

Maya Voland doesn’t want to spend her senior year in the cold, isolated town of Shine, Vermont. Reeling from the death of her father and the discovery that her life is a carefully constructed set of lies, Maya wants to escape the town and, with it, the pain of her past. The residents of Shine can’t let Maya leave. She’s too important to their cause. A manipulator by nature, Maya was born with the extraordinary ability to influence the emotions and actions of others. Shiners will go to great lengths to use those gifts to further their agenda before other, more sinister forces, intercede. Shea Knightly has been waiting most of his life for Maya to come home to Shine, and now that she’s back, he’ll do what it takes to make sure she stays. He, too, has powers of persuasion and he’s never encountered a girl who can say no to his stunning looks and overwhelming charm. Now Maya must decide: Is this intense attraction she feels for Shea reciprocated or is he just feeding her lies to draw her into the dangerous world of the Shiners? Even if there is something real between them, what price is she willing to pay to make Shea’s cause her own?