Love can save you...if it doesn't destroy you first. Gwen has spent her life on the road, picking up and moving every few months when her mother has a mental break. They take care of each other. They don't need anyone else. Or so Gwen believes...until her mother announces she's met a man online. When they arrive at his opulent home, Gwen is plunged into a world that seems too good to be true. Suddenly she's living in a mansion overlooking the beach and eating foods she's only read about in paperback novels. Her mother's new man has a gorgeous daughter and four irresistible sons who apparently don't mind her complete social incompetence. At last, her dream of going to school and being a normal 16-year-old is within her reach. But the family they've joined has more than its share of secrets. Not all of them want her there, and her inexplicable attraction to each of them only complicates matters further. When strange phenomena begin to occur in their presence, Gwen must emerge from her protective shell and embrace a destiny she's never imagined. Contains mature themes.

Gwen’s barely gotten a taste of normal when her resident god shows up with an assignment. The bridge between the human world and the world of the gods is weakening, and the nine hosts of Heimdall must find each other if they hope to fix it. One small problem—Gwen and the Keens must travel to another world to find Heimdall’s remaining hosts. Gwen has always relied on books for her education, but no amount of reading can prepare her for what waits outside the human world. The people are different. The rules are different. She’s different. As Gwen struggles with her growing attraction to her stepsiblings, loyalties are tested and sacrifices made. But when the giant-infested Joaquin threatens to come between them, how much will she sacrifice to unify the group? This is a slow-burn Why Choose romance appropriate for ages 16+ due to mild language and adult situations.

Love can destroy you... The instructions were simple enough. 1. Walk across a bridge made of air, fire, and water. 2. Rally the gods themselves to cross it with you. 3. Blow a magical horn. Too bad things are never as simple as they seem. Gwen and her group are united at last, but after a betrayal and almost losing her stepbrother, they're having more trouble than ever when it comes to bonding. At least the world of the gods is welcoming, if not quite what they'd expected. The gods aren't exactly clamoring to cross the bridge with them, and when Gwen finds out her mother needs her, she's torn between completing the mission and returning to Midgard. As Gwen faces her biggest challenges yet, her new family and their god must come together to save Midgard before the giants claim it for their own.