In a strictly controlled society, love is not a feeling; it is an infection. Known as amor deliria nervosa, it is considered the deadliest of all diseases, and the government has found a way to eradicate it. For Lena Haloway, the mandatory cure cannot come soon enough. With just ninety-five days left until her eighteenth birthday and her scheduled procedure, Lena is eager to be free of the unpredictability and pain that destroyed her mother. She looks forward to a safe, predictable life with an approved match. But everything changes when she meets Alex. Enigmatic and unbound, Alex is from the Wilds, living completely off the grid and entirely unmedicated. As their connection deepens, Lena begins to question everything she has been taught about safety, duty, and happiness. Now, she faces an impossible choice: accept the cure and lose herself, or risk execution to experience the forbidden.