Hawthorn

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For the first time the rest of my life didn't seem so far away. </em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nine months are all that stand between Alexandria Ryder and her return to Cedar Creek. With graduation inching closer and her eighteenth birthday on the horizon her patience is wearing thin. After a year of keeping her magick restrained she longs for the day when she can set it free. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Lex learns she's not the only witch in town that day seems much closer. Grant is the hometown of Crone's Crescent Coven and Grey Walker is the 'prince.' From the moment their eyes meet an irrevocable bond is forged between them. Despite her attempts it is an arrangement Lex can't escape. It's an opportunity that Grey won't pass up. And somewhere in the middle of the tension Lex begins to learn that her life is made up of moments; not just memories and expectations.</span></p>