Maybe some souls are meant to be broken. Part 1: Nolice Alice harms herself, until one day she meets the popular, arrogant Noah. What she doesn't know, is that he is being haunted by his past. The lives of the two get entwined. Can they help each other, or will they only bring themselves further down? Part 2: Valon Valerie's criminal father is back after five years. Her friends think she left for college, but she's actually on the run. John suspects there is something wrong when he sees her at a friends' wedding, but will he be able to help her? And what will happen if he finds the truth about his own parents? Shortcut to Heaven is a combination of two books about losing everything. But it's also a book about finding someone else. About finding yourself.