Fourteen-year-old Jack O’Rourke has finally started to settled down in her new life in Reading, Colorado. She's doing well in school, playing soccer, loving her art classes and with her two best friends, Wren and Zander, and boyfriend Ayden by her side, she's handling things pretty well.
Now, with just a few days until Halloween and the ultimate community Halloween Party on the horizon, Jack and her friends are planning a night to remember. But, there’s a problem: a group of vandals have been trashing homes and businesses and the Mayor has threatened to cancel all Halloween activities if the perpetrators aren’t caught – ASAP!
In order to save Halloween for the entire town, Jack and her friends have to figure out who's behind the vandalism, quick and in a hurry too, because the black sedan that was stalking her family is still around and this time, they’ve made their presence known.
All this and her first ever one-on-one date? Geez! What's a girl to do? Well, for Jack it means asking the hard questions and sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong. But, really . . . what could possibly go wrong?
On a cold and stormy night in October, six people enter a hotel room. But by the time morning comes, there will only be five of them left.
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Five months prior, McKenna Macintosh meets Carter Ford and is swept into a whole new world. As the summer progresses, so does the friendship between McKenna and Carter. But there are other complicated matters on the horizon in both of their lives, which centers around their friendship. And by the time they enter the hotel room in October, nothing will be the same again.
Content warning: This story contains themes of self harm and violence.