Title: Bloodline (Book 1)

Genre: YA Psychological Thriller / Mystery (with a Romance Subplot)
The Summary:
Eleven years ago, Virelle Knox’s world literally exploded. After surviving a devastating house bombing, she met a mysterious, glass-scarred woman claiming to be her aunt—only for the woman to vanish into the night, leaving Virelle to find her mother dying beneath a lonely streetlight.
Now twenty-two, Virelle has spent years preparing for answers. Working side-by-side from the very start with Ziggy, her aunt's fierce daughter, the two cousins are on a relentless mission to find Ziggy's missing mother and finally resolve the dark mystery behind Virelle’s mother's death.
But their investigation triggers a trap. Virelle is ambushed and wakes up tied to a chair in a cold concrete room, targeted by the exact same shadowy organization that stole her childhood. Armed with sharp survival instincts, Virelle breaks her bonds and escapes the facility to reunite with Ziggy. Together, they must navigate a maze of family secrets, lethal conspiracies, and a high-security vault known only as the Black File Room.
Along the way, the mission gets complicated when their path crosses with Caelum. Brilliant, elusive, and hiding dangerous secrets of his own, Caelum is pulled into their orbit. As the danger escalates, an intense, slow-burn romance sparks between Virelle and Caelum. Forced to rely on each other in high-stakes situations, Virelle must decide if she can open her heart to someone new—or if Caelum is just another piece of the puzzle designed to destroy her. Because in a game where danger is written in their very DNA, the deadliest traps are the ones hidden inside your own bloodline.