Rising Up (The Tranquility Series Book 1)

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Everything about the night was supposed to feel perfect. The lights. The applause. The smiles that never cracked.

But standing in the crowd, Ember feels something tighten inside her chest—an unease she can’t explain and no one else seems to notice.

Across the room, a powerful man turns, and for a single heartbeat, his eyes lock onto hers. The warmth drains from the air. What reaches her isn’t celebration—it’s something hollow, watchful, and wrong.

Her body reacts before her mind can catch up, burning with the certainty that she’s just been seen for who she truly is. And when his smile deepens, slow and knowing, Ember understands one terrifying truth . . . In a city that measures happiness, noticing the lie may be the most dangerous thing of all . . .