book #3 in Michelle Jester's RUE the DAY series

BURN ME

Ranea Becker remembers almost nothing of her early childhood. What she does recall feels more like a hazy dream: loving parents, a cozy neighborhood, and a boy named Van who was her whole world. Until he was abducted when she was only eight years old. Not long after, Ranea lost her parents in a tragic plane crash. Fortunately, a kind couple took her in, giving her the stable life she thought she’d lost forever.

Years later, while shopping for her wedding dress, Ranea catches sight of a man outside the boutique. A single mark on his neck freezes her in place. It’s a birthmark she hasn’t seen since childhood. 

Certain it’s Van, Ranea rushes out of the boutique and follows him to a nearby diner where she watches him through the window, greeting her parents… the ones that have been dead for eighteen years.

When Ranea wakes in a hospital bed with no explanation for what happened, she knows one thing for certain: her entire life has been built on lies. To uncover the truth, she’ll have to dig into a past someone desperately wanted her to forget, and with Jeselle Parsons-Hayes by her side, she’s about to find out why.