Every Scent Leads Back to You

Memories are not kept in the mind; they are carried on the wind.Linna Mercer is the guardian of The Ephemeral Bloom, a greenhouse where the impossible becomes reality. To the desperate residents of the city, she is a miracle worker who can restore a lost lullaby or a forgotten childhood summer through the power of scent. But to the titan of industry Victor Hale, Linna is merely an untapped resource-a weapon of "Human Essence" waiting to be harvested.Linna lives in a world of vibrant colors and heavy fragrances, yet she is haunted by a void. That void has a name: Elias Vance. Once the boy who promised never to leave her, he is now a stranger-a man of steel and logic who arrives at her shop with a corporate mandate to dismantle her life. Because of the spell Linna cast to save him from his own family's greed, Elias has lost his sense of smell and his history with her. He is a hollow shell, a "scentless man" who views her magic as nothing more than a bio-chemical curiosity.As Elias begins his cold observation of the shop, the magnetic pull of their shared past begins to override the drugs and spells binding his mind. A brush of a hand, the scent of rain on a petal, the flicker of a shadow-each moment threatens to shatter his carefully constructed world of logic. But for every memory Elias recovers, Linna pays the ultimate price. The vine-like markings on her arms grow darker and more suffocating, a physical manifestation of the life force she surrenders to keep her magic alive.Every Scent Leads Back To You is a hauntingly beautiful exploration of the bridge between science and soul. As Victor Hale's shadow closes in, Linna and Elias are thrust into a high-stakes game of corporate espionage and magical sacrifice. From the sterile boardrooms of Hale Pharmaceutics to the burning heart of a greenhouse filled with a thousand blooming secrets, they must decide what is worth remembering and what is worth dying for.When the "Universal Scent" is finally released, it will do more than just restore a man's memory-it will expose the sins of an empire. But as the fragrance of white roses and crushed jasmine fills the air, will there be anything left of the woman who gave her life to create it?A masterpiece of Magical Realism and tragic romance, this story is for anyone who has ever believed that love is a fragrance that never truly fades.