Whoever said the truth will set you free is lying. The truth won’t set me free. It will destroy me. Our relationship is forbidden. I should stay away. He’s a teacher. I’m a student. He lives by a code of ethics and truth. I hide behind lies and misdirection. I have good reason to. My childhood was a living nightmare. It damaged me, hurt me, destroyed me. No one knows what I’ve been through. And I won’t let anyone know. Especially not him. Cold. Calculating. Judgmental. Professor Dylan Beckett. But there’s something about the way he looks at me… The way I feel when his eyes are on mine… And I wonder what will happen if I open my heart. Is a happily ever after ending even possible for someone as broken as me? Or will the truth destroy everything I worked so hard for? “Because of Dylan is a standalone, slow burn, forbidden, angsty romance featuring a heroine who is stronger than she realizes, and the cocky-on-the-outside, sweet-on-the-inside hero of her dreams. A satisfying HEA is guaranteed.” Trigger warning content. Please do not read past this point if you do not wish further trigger information. . . . . . . . . . This book contains off-the page references to childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, alcoholism and suicide. Reader discretion is advised.