Brian and Sofia have been a matching set since childhood. Now in college, a unique set of circumstances has allowed them to bypass the usual roommate lottery, sharing a cluttered dorm room that serves as their sanctuary from the chaos of campus life. Brian, a man of quiet habits and Sofia, a girl with a loud personality and the love for drinking, finds comfort in the predictable rhythm of their friendship. Everything changes during a local night out at a bar as Brian's gaze locks onto a girl on stage with her fingers flying across the strings of a guitar. For the first time, Brian feels a "spark"-a sensation he's only ever read about in books and never quite believed was real.

When someone dies mysteriously during a Psych experiment, Rhiannon becomes enmeshed in a conspiracy that includes both the survivors and the killer. ***** Short on cash, Rhiannon Ford signs up to take part in a social psychology experiment based on group think. But when a participant dies under mysterious circumstances, and the story surrounding that death seems mired in conflicting lies, she's quickly drawn into a web of conspiracies that merge urban legends, rivalries, and the very psychological principle the test was about. When everyone is lying, how can Rhiannon find the truth? ***** [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]