Madness

// 2019 FICTION AWARD WINNER //

While good-natured Ashton's day-to-day life is carried out with a smile, the ill-fated Valentine exists in hell.

Valentine Nauru is known as a head-turner, somehow mixing brains and beauty like it was macaroni and cheese. Though, inside, she is internally battling with the worst type of demon: herself. And taking in someone who is quietly charming, happy, and bold enough to see what lies beneath the mysterious Valentine, the six-foot foreigner Ashton Irwin is ready to move through his last days of high school as quickly as possible, but Valentine and her enigmatic charm set him on fire, prompting him to unravel the secrets of her madness.

Through emotional love, new-found friendships, and fatal circumstances, Valentine needs to learn how to escape the horrors of herself to prevent from hurting everyone she loves, or the madness awaiting her will drag her beyond the depths of despair.