Inevitable Fate By Lindsay Bandy

For seventeen years, Evan Kiernan’s life has felt like painting by someone else’s numbers. Every time his mom has another breakup, they move, and he transfers schools, never putting down roots. But when Evan is accepted into NYU’s prestigious Promising Young Artist program for his senior year, he finally gets a glimpse of the stability he’s always craved. The future, for once, feels like a blank canvas he can paint his way.

But as soon as he arrives in New York, the city begins to pull him into its shadows. A sudden thunderstorm leads him under the same umbrella as a green-eyed girl who feels achingly familiar, even though they’ve never met. An unexpected visit to an art gallery brings him face-to-face with a tattooed portrait of himself, bearing the mark of an artist long dead. And every time he sketches, he sees things that shouldn’t be there—echoes of a past that isn’t his and whispers of a future he’s already seen.

The green-eyed girl, Mara, is at the center of it all, a muse who draws him into a story that feels like a déj vu nightmare. As they grow closer, Evan discovers their fates are entwined in a cycle of love and tragedy that spans lifetimes. When history begins to repeat itself, hinting at a catastrophic ending he’s desperate to change, Evan must unravel the mystery of who—or what—is controlling their fate.

Because this time, if he doesn’t stop the hands of time, he’ll lose Mara for good. And he’s already lost her twice before. 📚❤️