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Being an empath in a tough World can be very challenging at times. Often your greatest gift is seen as a weakness, and your natural essence can make you feel vulnerable. It's important to realize that this gift is one that you should feel proud of. It's good to be a caring and sensitive person who has concerns about other people's feelings. The trick is knowing how and when to use this gift and when to set healthy boundaries. Unfortunately, we live in a World where the energy vampires and narcissists lurk and the empath, if you're not careful, can often be the victim.

In a new world isolated by a rising, toxic sea, a single bridge connects Askala to the Outlands. Those who remain will need to pass a "proving" to determine if they have the intelligence and heart to champion the future of their broken Earth. Those who succeed will become Bound, the ones chosen to breed. Those who fail, are Unbound. Free of responsibility, but robbed of their ability to bear children.

Losing everything has a way of messing with a girl's head, forcing her to seek comfort in the arms of a man she doesn't really want. I know this. In a fit of devastation, I hand my virginity off to another and then marry him, leaving the burning love of my life in ashes. But the thing about fire is that even among the ashes, ember burns, and all it takes is the perfect kindling to reignite a blazing inferno.

Austin Romero crash lands in Nereida Kelly's perfectly typical life. She's a normal RN working too many hours with a man who doesn't appreciate her. A patient on the verge of death comes into the ER and her heart stops. There's something magnetic about him...something alluring...something dangerous. She can't stop herself from wanting to be close to him. With her relationship falling apart, Nereida sets her eyes on someone else.