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In a post-apocalyptic nation where the land of the free is now run under a dictatorship, there is one factor that holds the key to keeping world order—love. The new Regime controls the emotions of the heart. It’s their most vital law. At the age of twenty-one, every citizen is forced into an arranged marriage. The only way to escape the arrangement is to enter the Temptation Trials—a government-sponsored reality TV show where the loyalties of the contestants are tested by Tempters and Temptresses who are impossible to resist.

MadisonI am patient and kind. I do not envy or boast. He is not proud or rude. He is not easily angered and always protects. I am not self-seeking, and he does not delight in evil. Together we define the essence of Love. But even love has challenges. After I unlocked the door to my darkest secret, I overcame a multitude of struggles, starting with his vindictive brother. When I fought for prosecution, I became a pawn in his brother’s game, but I prevailed. Justin Over the last year, Madison and I have been in the calm of our life.

When the rising tides of my life peak, I’m left struggling with the currents of the storm. My dad is a gambling addict, and it costs him everything. Mama bounces back quickly from the havoc Dad’s addiction causes. She proves this by getting a new man. Her Rico Suave is just the tip of the iceberg—she moves us across state to live with him and his two sons.

Is it more than déjà vu? With the Romeland family it may be destined to be true. Harmony’s mind is in a tug of war with the peculiar dreams that start to unfold. With no memory of her real identity, she wonders if her dreams are only her wild imagination or déjà vu? When her past begins to unravel, Harmony learns the life she’s known has been an illusion. The truth may not set her free because her destiny is out of her control. Paige is frantic when she discovers the love of her life no longer remembers her.

About to start college, I bump into someone from my complicated past, and my heart is torn. The dilemma I struggle with is do I let other people's opinions define who I am? I must decide if I'll push through the ridicule and pave my own path. Could the face that has scorned me be the key to my resolve? I'll never know if I take the easy way out.