Prologue

Haley Sawyer’s father gave his life to cure her deadly blood disorder but he couldn’t save her from the side effects that turned her world upside down. After a terrifying incident at a New England high school the student teacher quits her job and sets off for Alaska, where she hopes to unravel the mystery of her childhood.

Cody Chiklak has spent years as a the subject of a research experiment gone wrong. When his escape from Arcticon’s northern research facility leads him to Haley, his only desire is to create a new identity as far away from the north as possible. But he soon learns his past binds him to the mysterious redhead—and to her vow to avenge her father’s death.

Available on Amazon under my pen name Julia Banks.