Cassy's Key

Has God ever asked you to do something really difficult? For Cassy it's the last assignment she wants: befriend the school loser – the new guy who sits alone at lunch every day. Social suicide… As if it isn't already hard enough surviving high school at an elite private academy when you're the scholarship kid. Cassy's already-strained friendships are pushed to the limit as she steps out of her comfort zone and into the chaos of trusting God with her social life. She knows she holds some kind of key to helping Tristan—but she has no idea what it is or how she's supposed to unlock someone that complicated. Tristan is stunned—and wary—when Cassy steps into his world. Burned before, he takes one last hesitant leap toward the friendship he longs for yet is certain he doesn't deserve. Cassy's reluctant obedience gives birth to an unexpected friendship—deep yet fragile. Soon she and Tristan are navigating terrain they never meant to reach: hurt and healing, shame and identity, faith and doubt. As the friendship deepens, past wounds surface, exposing parts of themselves they've tried so hard to hide. Will the burdens they carry—both old and new—finally tear them apart? --- This is not a light romance with a Christian veneer. Charged with emotional honesty and deep spiritual questions, Cassy's Key will keep you turning pages to keep up with Cassy and Tristan as they confront their growing attraction, and wrestle with the cost of following God wholeheartedly. Their journey demands tough choices, brave honesty, and a willingness to face the reality of who they've become. It's a story of redemption, forgiveness, spiritual awakening, and the costly beauty of learning to love—rooted in grace rather than perfection. And meeting a God who relentlessly pursues the broken, who steps into the darkest places with us and refuses to leave us there.