The Things We CARRY BACK - Jennifer Lynn Phillips

You can go home again... but you won't be the same person who left.

Juliana Yannev thought she was searching for answers about her lineage.

Instead, she uncovered a truth that changed everything.

A journey to Romania pulls Juliana into the powerful and mysterious Yannev family-where wealth and beauty mask a dark and dangerous secret. Behind the castle walls lies a hidden world of vampires and lycans, bound by fragile alliances and ancient betrayals. What begins as curiosity quickly turns into a fight for survival.

When Juliana falls for Paul, a human caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, he becomes a liability. In a brutal act of loyalty and control, he is taken from her-shattering everything she thought she knew about love, family, and trust.

But the truth runs deeper than she ever imagined.

Her father isn't the man she thought he was.
The life she knew was never real.
And the power awakening inside her is something she may not be able to control.

As a violent clash erupts between vampires and lycans, Juliana is forced to make an impossible choice-one that will define who she becomes and where her loyalty lies.

She doesn't leave Romania unchanged.

She escapes it.

But some things don't stay buried.

When the past resurfaces-alive, altered, and more dangerous than before-Juliana must confront the truth she can't outrun:

Some truths don't set you free... they change you.