Lucy is a glassblower on a mission to find a graffiti artist whose work resonates with her. The artist, Shadow, might be one of the only guys who really gets her. But she doesn’t even know who he is outside of the paintings he has scattered around the city. Ed is a high school dropout [...]

Tags: art, literacy, mystery, romance, secrets
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Anyone who has seen an episode of Toddlers and Tiaras or Dance Moms knows that stage parents can get out of control. There is little so intense as a parent’s ambitions for their child. In Jessica Martinez’s Virtuosity, Carmen is a violin prodigy with a stage mom to beat all stage moms. Diana, a former [...]

Tags: competition, dating, identity, mothers and daughters, music, secrets
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Tom Harvey’s head is cracked open by an iPhone that was dropped from a 30th floor window. While doctors are able to remove most of the phone from his head, small fragments remain implanted in his brain. When Tom wakes up from a coma, he discovers that his brain has the capabilities of a smartphone….and [...]

Tags: friendship, gangs, rape, science fiction, secrets, superhero, technology
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Pearl (aka Bean) and Henry are the best of friends. Having grown up as social outcasts in a small town, they have only each other to turn to when times get tough. For Bean and Henry, times are pretty much always tough. As the children of eccentric single mothers, life is often messy and complicated. [...]

Tags: coming of age, death, family problems, friendship, homosexuality, mothers and daughters, secrets, small town
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It has been three years since Adam promised Mia that he would do anything for her if she would stay. Did she hear his promise? He doesn’t know. But she stayed. And then she left. Where She Went picks up the story from Adam’s perspective. Adam’s band has achieved huge success and he is so [...]

Tags: grief, identity, music, romance, secrets
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