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Small town girl, Charlotte (Charlie) Willows lives an extra normal life, in the kind of place that people think of when they say "picturesque". People loved to gossip about Mr. Kingsley's new girlfriend, and chat about the weather sitting on a gorgeous front porch. For Charlie, Surrey has always been home and safety. Until one day, her fellow classmate Katherine Hall is found dead in her backyard, and it looks like she killed herself. But like most things in her life, it's not really the truth. Suspicious, Charlie takes matters into her own hands when the police refuse to thoroughly investigate Katherine's death and new clues lead Charlie to Nicholas Dare, the school's gangster, alleged drug dealer and Katherine's friend. As they start to investigate further into Katherine's death, they realize that there are people who don't want them to ask questions and Katherine was far from the perfect princess everyone made her out to be. Katherine was murdered, but by who? and Why? when Nick and Charlie approach closer to the truth, they discover secrets that were meant to stay buried and chilling discoveries that change their life forever. Can Charlie juggle her growing feelings for Nick and the weight of the truth they uncover, or will it take control of her life? People are like roses, the prettiest and most delicate of them hide the sharpest thorns.

There have been recent news reports on child murders and kidnappings. A young girl was found in the riverside with her body remains chopped up in a metal box. "I saw somethin' in the water when I went fishin' and decided to check it out. What I saw almost made me collapse right on the spot" says fellow fisherman from Lake Shore. By day, Sofia Abril is a sweet and warming model citizen caring for those around her. She takes criminal justice classes at her college and takes pride in her grades. To her, perfection is 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. By night, Sofia Abril is a calculated and ruthless murderer cutting up her victims and leaving them distorted. Her main targets are children from ages 11 and under. Her motives are plagued by her past she can't seem to get out her head. Levi Jones is a bored detective not feeling the thrill he gets when figuring out a complex murder puzzle. When Levi Jones is tasked to hunt down the child murderer he feels a sense of admiration for how calculated and perfect the murders are, leaving no room for mistakes. What will happen when these two play a back and forth game of cat and mouse? Read to find out