

He calls his life’s work “The Fray Theory,” and he quickly entrusts Neve with his notes about it before shadowy antagonists show up at his door. In fact, he tells her that “dreams are windows to our alternate realities.” He goes on to say that when Neve is sleeping, she can access her other selves, or “Proxies,” throughout the multiverse, a process he calls “Resonance.” He believes that Resonance is responsible for moments of déjà vu, telekinesis, ghosts, and other strange phenomena for example, Neve broke the loveseat in his office when all her Proxies temporarily occupied the same space. Dylan’s own shrink, Alex Galen, however, doesn’t think she’s crazy at all. She’s had prophetic dreams before, but she’s tried to ignore them since childhood her parents once sent her to a psychiatrist after she claimed she could predict the future. Then her own best friend, Elliot Wilder, commits suicide by drowning after Neve has a dream about that same manner of death. As bad luck would have it, Romer Anthony, the gorgeous, mysterious carpenter who’s helping her out with her first art exhibition, is also Dylan’s former best friend.

Now that he’s resurfaced, she’s angry and confused, especially because he’s vague about where he’s been and why. Neve Knightly was devastated when her significant other, Dylan Sterling, disappeared three years ago. Because that happens to be my forte, and I’m more than happy to give him exactly what he needs.In Keramati’s debut YA fantasy, a Canadian neuroscience student runs into an ex-boyfriend and subsequently finds herself in danger in an adventure that stretches across multiple dimensions. The second I spot Cole at his brother’s wedding, I might as well be back in high school all over again.Īll those old feelings come rushing back: the pining-my god, the pining I did for this man-and all the regret I’ve carried for being too afraid to tell him back then.īut now that Cole’s out of the closet and looking for something a little…different, I can’t resist. I just need one night, one down and dirty interlude on my primarily vanilla existence, and I’ll be set for life.

And when my soon-to-be sister-in-law drops a little secret about him, I’m done for. But more importantly, he’s not holding any grudges. When I see him again after nearly a decade apart, I’m floored. He was also my best friend and secret crush until I managed to screw that up. Dane was everything I wanted to be in high school.
