Prequel to Coping- Cassidy Reed always lived by the strict rules of her father. Before her father arrives home from the military, Cassidy meets a troublesome boy named Shawn Spencer who slowly brings her out of her shell. Slowly, Cassidy starts to develop feelings for him, feelings she never knew she had. But when Cassidy's father arrives home unexpectedly, things become a little more complicated for the two. Cassidy's father doesn't approve of Shawn and refuses to have those two together and forces her to break all ties with the troublesome boy in fear that all the hard work Cassidy has put into her sharpshooting and defensive training will go to waste, but Cassidy refuses to listen and begins to go against her father's wishes.

"Life is hard and then you die." Blake Mason thought life was going to be a walk in the park. As a child, she had so many great times, especially with her friends Shawn Spencer and Burton Guster. She always followed the rules, respected everyone and was a kind soul. She did not deserve what she got. After the murder of her parents, Blake's life felt like it was going on a downward spiral. She was thrown back into the system, forced to live her life alone as she hopped around California. No matter how hard she tried, nothing seemed to work out in her favor. Blake had lost all hope. She had lost everything she had in her life; she lost everything she loved. She lost... Life pushed her down, or she thought it was life. Another tragedy rolled by and she moved back to Santa Barbara, back to the only person who would listen to her. More and more awful things keep happening when she finally realized "life" was a person intentionally trying to ruin her life. With the help of her ex, an old "psychic" friend, and his father, will Blake find her parents' killer? (Cover Poster by: januarylily. Send her lots of love)

EX DEA Special Agent Cassidy Reed had gone through many hardships in her life. Dealing with the loss of her daughter, she ran away from her problems. Now in Santa Barbara Cassidy runs into a familiar face, a face she knew all too well...Shawn Spencer, the man's heart she broke years ago. Knowing he's a fraud for claiming to be Psychic, Cassidy promises to keep his secret in return he doesn't pry into her past life. Shawn gets suspicious of the woman he was once deeply in love with realizing she's not the same person as she once was and begins his own investigation only to find out what she's hidden is a lot deeper than he ever imagined. He had a daughter. As Cassidy and Shawn start to become closer once again, suspicious things start happening. Old faces start to reappear and new ones are introduced. With the help of Psychic Detective Shawn Spencer, can Cassidy solve their daughter's murder?

Kaylee Worthington isn't your typical, rich teenage girl. In fact, she's a tech geek. Two days after witnessing her father's murder, she runs to her idol Shawn Spencer for help and offers to pay them thrice their normal pay rate. After Shawn denies working on the case, Kaylee ends up being chased down by a group of men and is kidnapped and it's Shawn's fault. The next morning, Shawn receives an email with an encrypted file attached and decides to investigate further into the case. Upon further investigation, during the exchange for Kaylee, Shawn ends up getting kidnapped himself. When things don't go according to plan, they decide to kill off Shawn and Kaylee. Kaylee being the tech geek she is. Finds a way to break them free, and now Shawn and Kaylee are running for their lives in the middle of nowhere. Will Shawn and Kaylee make it out alive? Will Gus be able to decode the encrypted file and find out who's behind her father's murder? Takes place a few days after Santa Barbara Town.

Allie Bradstone didn't exactly have what you would call a normal child hood. Neither would most kids if they had a highly-functioning Sociopath, Private Detective as a mother. Though, it did come in handy when solving the murder of her husband, but that's another story. Needless to say, Allie has always had a bit of a unique perception when it comes to...everything. She's a very observant person, thanks to the harsh teachings of her mother. She never planned on using this talent for anything useful...well, until she moved to Santa Barbra. After calling in various tips from deductions she made from news reports, she is called in to the SBPD, and accused of being an accessory to the crimes she called in. This might have been slightly less believable, if there hadn't been a man making the exact same calls. Scrambling not to get arrested by a jerky detective, One Shawn Spencer bails them both out with more clever deductions...passing them off as psychic visions. And so, the SBPD hires not one phsycic, but two...and man... Here's where things get complicated.