Cora Markings is a freak, according to her classmates. After an accident claims her father's life and Cora's voice, she Stuck On Mute. At 12 she was considered like a dog, no opinion. Now 17 she has gotten over the loss of her voice, so she claims. Her twin siblings, Kaylah and Luke, feel her pain and try not to add to it. Though when their family suddenly has to move, Cora is thrown into a new town, ready to be ridiculed. But, can Leo, A jock who takes notice to Cora, make her feel whole again? Cora pushes him away because after all, Who could love a mute girl?

Chris and Holly's relationship is finally perfect. With no gangs to harass them, the only thing they have to worry about it keeping their relationship a secret from the student body and faculty at school. Simple enough. Except when have things ever been that simple for these two? Cue in the appearance of two new students and new troubles. The new girl isn't who she seems and the new boy seems to have a thing for Holly. And Chris. Meanwhile Chris is finding it harder and harder to stay away from Holly in school. Keeping their relationship a secret suddenly becomes ten times harder. And to top it all off, Jeremy has a big surprise for every one.

"Kiss Me," I breathed. "Deadly." He gave me a watery smile before his lips came in to contact with mine. *** Cameron Mercer's life was anything but perfect, she had been told that she was dying, she had ran away from her problems and when she finally returned home to have some sort of a life things started to go bad. Shadows that move, things that aren’t there, nightmares that are so vivid they seem real, mysterious boys, something bad is happing to her and she doesn’t know how to stop it. Cameron’s going to get the shock of her life at the Winter Masquerade and it’s going to change everything.......Forever. (Insert creepy laugh)