Nobody Knows But You

In the midst of his parents ugly divorce, thirteen-year-old Everett Pierce is looking for an escape. That's when he meets Lacey Smith. A new friend of his mom's-early forties, attractive, intelligent-takes an interest in him. It seems like a fantasy come true.

Very quickly, an illicit sexual affair sparks between the two. Unrelenting currents of fascination and obsession intensifies their passion, ultimately testing everything in Everett's life. He becomes bound to her, a woman twice his age, in an increasingly tangled web of coercion, sex, and lies. Their affair, a product of complex grooming and a shocking abuse of authority, is played out under the noses of people who suspected, even knew, but said nothing. What once seemed simple and exciting quickly becomes overwhelming and reckless.

The permanent damage left in the wake of their illicit affair becomes too much for Everett to handle. An abusive relationship that goes on to dominate his adolescence and dictate the course of his life.

Told in five parts--eighth grade, freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year of high school--this provocative novel reveals the everlasting effects of trauma and the emotionally confusing time of adolescence.