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"I can't be pregnant for my uncle!" I muttered under my breath, staring at the results in a state of incredulity. 

Skylar has life's struggles all put into one burden on her young shoulders: the fight to balance school and work, to help with her mom under her uncle's hard rule. Life spirals right at the turn of one weird incident that humiliates her, costs her her job when it is discovered she is pregnant.

Then, when it feels like Skylar's world is falling apart, her mother remarries a very wealthy man whose twin sons immediately complicate her life. One has quietly watched her every move, while the other suddenly comes to her rescue, finding her torn between gratitude and suspicion.

As secrets unravel and hidden agendas finally surface, Skylar must manage a world of deceit, temptation, and betrayal. Can she find the way to retrieve her life, or is the danger too much to bear in this new family?

Lurk Color

"Go left!" I yelled, clinging to the door handle as Jasper yanked the car hard to the right.

He flashed me a grin, his knuckles white on the steering wheel. "Left? You sure you're not trying to get us killed?"

A bullet dinged into the side mirror, shattering the glass.

"Jasper, this isn't the time for jokes!" Julian barked from the back seat, his voice tight. "They're gaining on us!"

I turned to look through the cracked rear window. Two sleek black SUVs were closing in fast, their headlights glaring like predatory eyes in the dark. My pulse hammered in my ears, the adrenaline coursing through me.

"I've got it under control!" Jasper growled, jerking the wheel sharply.

Tires screeching, we careened down a narrow alley, the car barely squeezing between the crumbling brick walls. I hit my shoulder against the door, and Julian grunted from behind.

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