Shades of Rose

<p><strong>Some loves never die. Some burn you down first.</strong></p><p>Kendra Foster-Briggs is eighteen brilliant and reckless as hell. Running from her small-town past she dives headfirst into the bright lights and shadows of the California Confederacy determined to build a future on her own terms-even if it means making her name in sensies the immersive adult entertainment of the 22nd century.</p><p>But the industry doesn't play fair. Neither does debt. When her dream of independence crumbles Kendra signs a too-good-to-be-true contract with OutLook a shadowy organization with secrets buried deeper than her own. She thought she was buying time. Instead she sold them her future.</p><p>Thrust into a brutal training program alongside other misfits and debtors Kendra discovers she's not the only one being shaped into something useful. Or dangerous. One of them-sharp-eyed soft-voiced and stubborn as hell-might just matter more than all the rest.</p><p>If she survives what's coming.</p><p><strong>Shades of Rose: Becoming</strong> is the raw gripping first half of a duology about power identity and the kind of connection that leaves scars-and sometimes salvation. Told in Kendra's razor-edged voice it's the story of who she was before the galaxy knew her name and the love that lit the fuse.</p><p>Perfect for fans of <em>Red Rising</em> <em>Jade City</em> and stories where sharp tongues hide soft hearts-and where love isn't always tidy or tame or easy to define.</p>