12:23 12: 23 (A Sapphic Dystopian Resistance Romance): Book One, Book 1, (Paperback)

<p>12:23</p><p>One daughter.</p><p>One night.</p><p>One confession at dawn.</p><p>Eight years after America became the United American Continuity, silence is survival. Elise Callow knows that better than anyone. She has spent years keeping her head down, following the rules, and teaching her daughter Nomi how to stay alive in a country where the wrong word can destroy a family.</p><p>Then Nomi is taken.</p><p>Marked as a civic contamination witness and prepared for a public "voluntary" confession, Nomi becomes the regime's next lesson in obedience. To save her, Elise is forced into the underground resistance she never trusted-and into the path of Mara Vey, a dangerous former broadcast technician who helped build parts of the machine now holding Nomi captive.</p><p>As the city locks down and the confession hour approaches, Elise discovers the truth buried beneath the regime's perfect story: erased names, stolen voices, and Sofia Reyes-the woman the Continuity tried to make disappear.</p><p>But memory is dangerous.</p><p>Love is evidence.</p><p>And at 12:23, the signal begins.</p><p>12:23 is a dark adult sapphic dystopian resistance romance about motherhood, memory, surveillance, and the kind of love a regime cannot safely control. Gritty, emotional, and relentlessly tense, it's perfect for readers who love dangerous slow-burn romance, found resistance, political rebellion, and endings that don't close the door-they kick it open.</p>

• 12:23 12: 23 (A Sapphic Dystopian Resistance Romance): Book One, Book 1, (Paperback)
• Author: Jenna K Peterson
• ISBN: 9798198813946
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-27
• Page Count: 278