Lily Barlowe is living a lie—and it’s the only way she can survive. After faking her own disappearance to escape a controlling, abusive father and the devastating events of one fateful Halloween, Lily has finally escaped her personal hell. Starting over at Stanford University, she’s determined to build a future free from the shadows of the girl she once was. But when she crosses paths with Burke, a campus celebrity with his own secrets, the walls she’s built begin to crumble. Burke is everything Lily vowed to confident, intense, and dangerously perceptive. Yet he stirs something inside her she can’t ignore—a spark of hope she thought was lost forever. As their connection deepens, Burke begins uncovering pieces of her past she fought to bury, threatening the fragile new life she’s created. As her new life begins to unravel, Lily faces a confront the demons of her past or risk losing the fragile future she’s fought so hard to build. Raw, heartfelt, and achingly beautiful, Take Me is a story of love, identity, and the unyielding will to survive—even if survival means sacrificing the heart.