About the book: year / After the tragic death of her parents, Eliza Snow most wanted to escape from her past. At the age of eighteen, she was left completely alone, having escaped from a small English village and moved to the United States. During the day she is a poor but talented student, at night she is a muse for an artist. Over the course of four years, Eliza slowly built a new life. She never thought that she would lose everything again. A week before graduation, she is unexpectedly denied a new visa. With thirty days to leave the country, she must face what she cannot relive - saying goodbye to her loved ones and leaving her new home. However, moments before her world is completely shattered, she meets a man who can put all the pieces back together. After serving in Iraq, Aiden Hale swapped the battlefield for the boardroom, becoming one of the most successful venture capitalists in the country. But for all his wealth, he cannot escape the terrible memories of the war. The only thing that gives him peace is a painting of Eliza. Aiden and Eliza are so similar and so different, their bleeding spiritual wounds simultaneously attract them to each other and repel them. They begin a passionate romance, they try to outrun time to challenge the past and fight for the future..