Rise
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  • Reads 278
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  • Parts 11
  • Time 1h 33m
Complete, First published Jan 02, 2019
New Years Eve 2018 is one that will go down in history, that is if anyone survives to see 2019.

Alice Cunningham is living her dream college life in New York City just like she'd always planned. She might be 3,000 miles from home, but shes happy. She's at the school she's always wanted, about to score an internship at a huge children's publishing house, and has a small group of friends who "get" her.  On her list of dreams is to experience the ball drop in Times Square, so when her roommate asks her to go she doesn't hesitate to say no. Things turn ugly when one of their friends gets a hold of a drug that turns one night of fun into something straight out of a horror film. 

Derek Wolcot wasn't always his name.  Four years ago at 17 he was pulled from his home in Southern California because of his fathers mistakes, leaving behind the one person he cared about the most. One minute they were planning their futures and in the next he vanished off the grid, literally. When his fathers mistakes catch up with them on New Years Eve life could go either way for Derek and his family. Their lives could be compromised or they might be the only ones who survive. 

Things become even more complicated for Alice and Derek when their paths cross, Derek knows who she is, but Alice can't even remember her own self enough to remember him. Derek  does everything in his power to keep her at a distance, but now that she's back in his life he's finding it hard to let go.
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