SusanWard
NEW VERSION!
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Havenbrook City. Where nine o'clock curfews exist, and the streets are crawling with superhumans the public has cast out, known as Deviates. Everyone knows about the Deviates. Experts say they gain their powers under high-stress situations or freak accidents, but no one really knows for sure. They've never been studied up close, as not many people have survived a Deviate encounter.
Stevie Jones is lucky to be a survivor, though she would have died if it weren't for a Deviate in black swooping in and saving her with his own power. But she's just trying to stay on the road her parents paved for her. Now that she landed a scholarship and is attending her dream class, it seems that her future is bright and on the right path. However, her attitude changes when she suddenly wakes up as a Deviate with no warning, no reason.
Desperate for answers, she'll seek out the Deviate who saved her life before being a Deviate ruins her reputation. Even if he's not quite the nicest hero around.
Derek Harvard, or "Dark," is a Deviate. And he hates it. Every day is a further struggle to keep his power and anger under control. Good thing getting his adrenaline fix and beating up the corrupt Deviates is just the stress relief he needs. When Stevie inserts herself into his lifestyle, he thinks this is going to be hell... but something about Stevie quells the fire teeming inside him, and it may be the only reason he's agreed to help her out.
Working together, these two unlikely friends explore the underbelly of the world of Deviates, encountering jaw-dropping truths, an attractive ninja, and powerful fire-wielding foes hired to target them. That is, if Stevie can balance all this action with home life and school. If she keeps poking around with trouble, both worlds may have to collide.
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Characters by Susan Ward and Gerald Gordon
Book cover by Zander! Twitter is @artizan00
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