9.3Ruby’s inner world includes Jade, Pearl and Onyx, sister identities shaped by trauma and different protective impulses. A man from their past returns with knowledge he intends to use against them. An unexpected relationship brings another challenge as Ruby confronts danger and conflicting parts of her own experience.
8.5After her eighteenth birthday, Nova is abducted by six members of a touring band. Lead singer Brad claims to be her biological father. Music and travel do not remove the coercion surrounding her, and she must consider escape while confronting uncertain family identity and abuse.
8.9Seventeen-year-old Nifemi changes schools hoping for a fresh start, but witnesses a disturbing act in a laboratory. Feelings for eighteen-year-old Andrei introduce another complication, while he struggles with secrets of his own. Their developing connection intersects with difficulties neither has left behind.
8.7Elizabeth struggles with family trauma and the loss of a friend, while popular student Adam hides the effect of his father’s departure. Their growing closeness offers a chance to understand each other. The return of Elizabeth’s controlling father threatens the security they are beginning to find.