Addison has always followed her brain, not her heart. She has always stood behind facts, not opinions. She has always been realistic, not fanciful. But when she meets a maniacal lunatic, her wall of not believing in anything too deeply shatters. With her goofy detective partner and a sharp, but scared asylum escapee, Addison learns how she's really struggling, and how deep that fight goes.
Lilith has been in pain for a long time. Her misery has blinded her, tortured her, and transformed her into someone else, something else. Her memories have faded, disappearing into the darkness of her fearful mind. When she finally meets someone, a boy and a girl, after who knows how long, the pain she has felt for as long as she can remember starts to dim as her new companions unwaveringly help start to heal the damaged and unfaceable parts of her.
Nolan has always wished for more. More adventures, more memories to look back on when he finally grows old. Memories that will outweigh the terrible ones of his childhood and the bad times he had gone through. But when he falls in love with someone just incredible, he realizes that maybe those awful memories aren't so bad, and that they shouldn't suppressed. He's pushed it all down for so long, can he even face his fear of life, real life?
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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