Release Date: April 21, 2015Published by: Balzer + BrayStand-aloneSource: ATWATFor fans of: Contemps, Romance, Thriller, Realistic Fiction, Road Trip
An evocative and compelling story of two sisters who would do anything for each other--perfect for fans of Thirteen Reasons Why and Speak. Joy Preble's stirring new novel explores the lengths to which sisters go to protect each other, and the winding road that brings two strangers into each other's lives.
Sisters Leo and Paris Hollings have only ever had each other to rely on. They can't trust their mother, who hops from city to city and from guy to guy, or their gambler stepfather, who's moved them all to Las Vegas. It's just the two of them: Paris, who's always been the dreamer, and Leo, who has a real future in mind--going to Stanford, becoming a doctor, falling in love. But Leo isn't going anywhere right now, except driving around Vegas all night with her sister.
Until Paris ditches Leo at the Heartbreak Hotel Diner, where moments before they had been talking with physics student Max Sullivan. Outside, Leo finds a cryptic note from Paris--a clue. Is it some kind of game? Where is Paris, and why has she disappeared? When Leo reluctantly accepts Max's offer of help, the two find themselves following a string of clues through Vegas and beyond. But the search for the truth is not a straight line. And neither is the path to secrets Leo and Max hold inside.
"Rules are everything. [,,,] One of them is this: life is untidy and ugly. People mess up. [...] People hurt each other and make mistakes and shatter promises. Even people we love. Not to mention the ones we don't."
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"Sometimes I think people do things only because they're afraid of not doing them."
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"Things happen like this, I know. One minute you're whistling along and the next life has turned shitty and strange. The trick is to shift with it, like a computer restarting after an error."
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"Sometimes, that happens, I know. We ignore the warning signs."
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"Destruction isn't permanent."
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Labels: Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Road Trips, Thriller