❝The most rebellious people in society are the dreamers; for their minds are capable of creating incredibly beautiful and impossible concoctions. And those single thoughts alone have the ability to reconstruct anything.❞ Alice is nearing graduation and the stress is pushing her to breaking point. So, in a spontaneous decision to run away, she finds herself in the circus tent at a carnival two towns away. What better way to distract herself than speculating upon an entertaining show of optical illusions?

Nat has always joked about one of her best friends, Molly, being a top-secret CIA agent. After all, it always fit in with her many absences from school, distant trips on the weekends, and unexplained injuries. But Nat never considered the truth behind those jokes, because how could someone from an all-girl, Catholic school that wore saddle shoes possibly do any wrong? And then one day in algebra-two, when a gun is shoved in her face, everything she thought she knew about Molly flies out the window. With the help of her other best friend Kate and, of course, several attractive males, Nat finds herself caught up in a plot of kidnappings, gunshots, and high-scale adventure, all taking place right inside what she had thought was her comfort zone. Spies in saddles? Who'd have thought!

*A "GOOD THINGS I'LL NEVER DO AGAIN" SHORT STORY* It's Christmas and Beverly Curie is heading to Colorado to spend the holidays with her three nieces. Her sister Aimee is having another family over to stay and they're planning all sorts of festivities from hot chocolate to family photos. But there's only one problem: Beverly doesn't like Christmas and she doesn't like people. Unfortunately for her, she'll be getting a double-dose of both. Will she learn the true meaning of Christmas or become even more of a grinch than she was before?