[Melkin City Series book #2. Make sure to check the first one out before reading this one!] Three years after leaving Melkin, Lacey has been working to get her life back on track and not be walked all over anymore after one unexpected kidnapping. She hasn't forgotten about the events that transpired there and is determined to right the wrongs that happened after training with a special ops team designed to take down gangs. Tasked with a chance to return, Lacey has one goal in mind: take down the Dacostas. Loyalty and trust are pushed to their limits as she realizes some things are easier said than done.

"I'm in love with you." How many times would I have to think about this, how many times, before she could hear it, feel it, see it in my eyes? "I'm in love with you." How could I make her see without telling her, without scaring her off... without losing her. I couldn't lose her.

Maya, Benny, Toby, and Stephanie have been best friends since as long as they can remember seeing each other outside each other’s mobile homes, in the small town trailer park they all grew up in. Cast off by the rest of their peers for their own odd quirks, they form a pact and become known to each other as the Mudpuppies on the promise they’ll always stick together and one day be free enough to live life doing whatever they want. Burdened by school problems, poverty, and unstable families, that dream seems to be a far cry from realistic until a new friend, Luke, comes into the mix. It’s their senior year of high school and they’ve made it this far-- the question is, will all go astray once new complications start to arise and the Mudpuppies’ problems take them from simply just stuck in the mud to flat out sinking?

Seth Yemelyanenko isn't the brightest crayon in the box-- which is probably why every time he tries to stalk Gabrielle Bell, his cover becomes blown. But if there’s one thing Seth is, it’s hopelessly determined. Stalk the stalker and join the quirky Seth in his countless attempts to be someone ordinary, in order to win someone extraordinary. If only being ordinary was easy.

Lexi Grayson is a normal teenager, as normal as she can be with her unobserving skills and her overthinking mind. But she might need the overthinking if she wants to unravel the smirking mystery that is Blake Eaton.

***WATTPAD VERSION. There is a revised version available on Amazon*** [Melkin Series book #1] ════════════════ "Travis?" I asked as softly as I could. He smiled, tweaking the corners of his mouth up. If my eyes hadn't adjusted to the darkness by now, I wouldn't have caught it. "You're like heaven from the view in hell," he said. ════════════════ Lacey Carson dreamed of experiencing the exciting world outside of the mundane town her father limited her to. Then she met Travis Miller, who was a little more adventure than she was ready for. Join her as she learns about the ups and downs of independence, her own strength, and the gang world she quickly becomes immersed into.