Alex has always kept her head down. Quiet days, anxious thoughts, and the hope that someday someone might finally see her. When she meets Christine, that hope becomes something harder to ignore. Christine is warm and unpredictable, gentle one moment and distant the next, the kind of girl who pulls people in without trying.Alex never meant to fall for her, but Christine has a way of making even the smallest kindness feel unforgettable.As their connection deepens, Alex finds herself caught between affection and confusion, comfort and longing, desire and fear. Every gesture from Christine feels like an invitation, yet every boundary she sets reminds Alex how easily the human heart can tangle itself in the wrong places."A Distraction Named Alex" is the first installment in "The Toxicity of the Human Heart", a series of dark, intimate romances about fragile people, dangerous attachments and the emotional storms that shape us. Each book follows a new pair of characters struggling with the beautiful and brutal ways love can transform, consume, and break us.