"Your family is the most important part of your life. Your families are the people you love, and love is what separates us from scoundrels and criminals. It maintains order. Your parents, your sibling, and your Partner are the ones you love. There should never, ever, be anyone else who comes close to that bond. You have only one best friend, and that is the person youll be marrying some day. We must learn to differentiate the relationships in our lives the people we love, and the ones we dont. Its inappropriate, its foolish, and its forbidden to think otherwise." Trace Baileys mouth is her worst enemysomehow it always gets her in trouble. Luckily, she has a partner in crimeher best friend and neighbor since age seven, Piren Allston. He cant get enough of her crazy sense of humor, and she loves that hes always up for another adventure. They cant be friends, though, not in their world. Trace and Piren were Assigned to other people at the age of six, and theyre supposed to marry their Partners when they turn twentyfour. Failure to comply leads to Banishment, a fate worse than death. Worse still is the growing realization that their bond is stronger than just friendship. In a world without freedom, there are still choices to be made. Following their hearts means losing their family, but following the law means losing each other.

Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: Omnific Publishing; Classification: N/A; Weight: 607.61 g; Dimensions: N/A

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