They think I'll be number seven. Unlucky number seven.
Dead teenager number seven. With the rash of suicides at my school, I've
been shipped off to my dad's Wyoming ranch for “my own safety.” My mom worries
I'll be next—another depressed teenager whose blood will end up on the train
tracks. But she doesn't know my secrets...or what I did.
Everything has changed at the ranch since I was there last. The staff is
gone, and there aren’t any visitors. The place is struggling, and ALS is
destroying my dad. The one bright spot in this mess is his new—and only—ranch
hand, Jake. He’s gorgeous, cheerful, healthy and sane. Shadows don't haunt his
eyes and eat away at him in the night.
But the ranch and Jake can't save me from the darkness inside, or the
knowledge of what I've done. This time, it's up to me to save myself...
Heidi Kling writes fantasy novels set in a contemporary world and
contemporary novels about girls in fantastic situations. The bestselling
Spellspinners series (Coliloquy/Vook), is 9-book series leading with Witch's
Brew. The Gleaning, Devil's Frost and Beautiful Monster are
out now with more adventures to follow. Her debut contemporary, Sea (Penguin),
was an IndieNext Pick, Northern California Book of the Year nominee, Gateway
Reader’s Award choice and Scholastic Readers Pick. Her forthcoming contemporary
novel, Paint My Body Red, launches with Entangled Teen Fall,
2015.
Told in dual narratives, several more installments are
planned in this "Romeo and Juliet with magic" series readers compare
to stories by LJ Smith, Cassandra Clare and Melissa de la Cruz.
After earning her MFA in Writing for Children from the New School, she
returned to her native California. She lives with her husband, two children and
the cutest accidental puppy mix ever, Sailor Lily, just over the coastal
mountains from the sea.
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