Nina's boring mediocre life is everything she isn't. Her wild, extraordinary soul is trapped in a mundane reality that she's not content with. But she is also incapable of changing it. So she learns to live with it. Be self-sufficient and independent. Avoid relationships. Avoid love. Until the day she meets Alex - the boy who turns her world upside down. The boy who shows her what is love. And what is pain.
Sometimes we realize how one person's presence in our lives can completely change us, and we wonder - is this what love feels like? Becoming dependable on this one person? Craving his physical presence? Becoming obsessed with his whole existence, regardless of your own?
"Hey, stranger" is a story about a life-changing love that turns into something more. Something disturbing. Something mysteriously dangerous.
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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