THEIR LOVE WILL BREAK ALL THE RULES. Weeks after the apocalyptic fight with her ex Josh that saw to the destruction of her phone and the severance of her one and only link to Ecto, Kate finally confesses to her ma about the true events of that fateful prom night. Her digital boyfriend Ecto is still MIA and, unbeknown to her, trapped inside an RPG. The next thing she knows, Kate is sent to an Internet addiction rehab facility called Camp Unplugged. There, she meets all sorts of characters: Ms Blanca a.k.a. Ms Perfect: the perfectionist camp counsellor Yssy: Kate's fashionista and caffeine-junkie roomie Nathan: the handsome and brooding gamer With Kate's debut (18th birthday) drawing close, will she allow herself a glimmer of hope and attempt to break out? Who can she trust with her escape plan? Unfortunately, before Ecto could help her, he would have to help himself first. And why was Kate banished to Camp Unplugged anyway? The answer may lie in the mysterious past relationship of her ma.

*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.