Becoming Calder

The first book in the Acadia Duology,a forbidden friends-to-lovers romancefrom the New York Times bestselling author of Archer’s Voice. The light of love has always found its way into even the darkest of placesfrom the beginning of time to the end of the world. There is a place in today’s America with no electricityno plumbingand no modern conveniences. In this placethere is no room for dreamsno space for self-expressionand no tolerance for ambition. In the community of Acadia lives a boy named Calder with the body of a god and the heart of a warrior. He serves his family with faith and honorbut he dares to dream of more…especially when an angel-faced girl his age is brought to their community. To AcadiaEden is obedient perfectionprophesized to lead them to eternal peacebut to Caldereven at first glanceshe is so much more. Calder and Eden were never meant to be friends. Certainly never meant to fall in love. After allEden is betrothed to Acadia’s leadersecluded until the day of her destiny. But as she and Calder steal fleeting moments and forbidden kissestheir hearts grow dangerously tangledand it’s too late to heed the warnings. In Acadiathey can never be together. But Acadia is all they know. If they want any chance at a futurethey must risk everything to choose between the life they were taught to live and the dream their hearts want to follow.