Jeremy Higgins is one troubled teenage guy in the small town of Villox in North Texas. He smokes, he drinks, he is rude to teachers at school and is one step from getting the boot although he is almost a graduate. He sees couples as 'the disease of the modern age' and can not bound himself to just one girl. He values no one and nothing. Girls are just temporary sex toys to him he would allure to get their virginity or a one night stand and that's it. Until he meets the new girl at school, Elizabeth Short. She names herself "Dahlia" according to her name double who was brutally murdered on January 10th, 1947. Dahlia is beautiful and in full bloom. The kind of girl every guy would imagine while masturbating, Jeremy included. He can not have her and she is not making it easy for him to gain her. Trouble starts when Dahlia promises him he will have something no guy before him got from her at his 18th birthday /only/ if he keeps his pants up until then: Her virginity. She adds to that the freedom of letting him do anything he fantasies about to her if he agrees. Foolishly he agrees thinking he will hit the big Jackpot. But what happens when his biggest desire becomes his green card to death row? Karma seems just one step away.
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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