Strangers Know Everything
She ran from a murder she didn’t commit, straight into the arms of a stranger who’s been waiting for her.
Ivy Dane didn’t mean to run. Not at first. But when her best friend ends up dead and her name is splashed across the headlines, there’s only one option: vanish.
Now soaked, hunted, and desperate, she knocks on the door of a crumbling house deep in the woods. The man who opens it, Ethan Cross, is no ordinary recluse. His house hides a wall covered in clippings. A missing girl. Red ink. Circles around Ivy’s name.
He lets her in.
He knows who she is.
And someone else planned for her to arrive.
As Ivy searches for the truth about her past, she uncovers a string of secrets more dangerous than she ever imagined. But trust is a weapon. And someone’s already pulled the trigger.
Because the deeper she digs, the more she realizes: This isn’t just about what she saw. It’s about who wanted her to see it.
Minimal Distress: The Lazarus Trials | Book One
The consent form said “minimal therapeutic distress.” It lied.
Lila Mays thought she was lucky.
A prestigious research program. A full stipend. A chance to work with leading trauma psychologists. When Project Lazarus recruited her, it felt like the opportunity of a lifetime.
She was wrong.
The sessions grow longer. The questions more invasive. Students who complain disappear from the roster overnight—no goodbyes, no explanations, just empty chairs and scrubbed records.
When Lila discovers she’s been flagged as a “priority subject” for something called Sub-B, she realizes the truth: Project Lazarus isn’t studying trauma. It’s creating it.
Now she’s trapped in a program that’s already erased three students from existence. The deeper she digs, the more she uncovers about the powerful institutions funding the experiments—and how far they’ll go to protect their research.
Some experiments don’t end. They just find new subjects.
The Lazarus Trials: Book One
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