His presence beside me is like heat, like weight, something I’ve carried around on my back too long. Raw and moving, this contemporary realistic debut novel will leave readers of E. Lockhart and Gayle Forman breathless as it unflinchingly unfolds the tragic secrets being kept in a small, deceptively idyllic Maine town. Seventeen-year-old Darcy Prentiss has long held the title of “town slut.” She knows how to have a good time, sure, but she isn’t doing anything all the guys haven’t done. But when you’re a girl with a reputation, every little thing that happens seems to keep people whispering—especially when your ex-best friend goes missing. But if anyone were to look closer at Darcy, they’d realize there’s a lot more going on beneath the surface. Staying out late, hooking up, and telling lies is what Darcy does to forget. Forget about the mysterious disappearance of her friend. Forget about the dark secret she and her cousin Nell share. Forget about that hazy Fourth of July night. So when someone in town anonymously nominates Darcy to be in the running for Bay Festival Princess—a cruel act only someone with a score to settle would make—all of the things that Darcy wants to keep hidden threaten to erupt in ways she wasn’t prepared to handle…and isn’t sure if she can.
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Gillian French
Gillian French is the author of three novels for teens: GRIT (HarperTeen, 5/16/2017), THE DOOR TO JANUARY (Islandport Press, 9/5/2017), and THE SUMMER BOYS (HarperTeen, 5/2/2018). Her short fiction has appeared in Odd Tree Press Quarterly, EMP Publishing's anthology Creepy Campfire Stories (for Grownups): Tales of Extreme Horror, Sanitarium Magazine, and The Realm Beyond. She holds a BA in English from the University of Maine, and lives in her native state of Maine with her husband and sons, where she's perpetually at work on her next novel. I write books for young adults and anyone else who wants to read them. I’ve been lucky enough to always know exactly what I want to do with my life: tell stories, preferably ones with a dark or creepy twist. It’s my passion, what’s kept me pounding the keys these past seventeen years even after receiving enough rejection letters to wallpaper my house ten times over. In HarperTeen and Islandport, I’ve found publishers who share my enthusiasm for an engrossing tale, and I’m excited to finally realize my dream of becoming a published novelist for teens and adults. My YA realistic contemporary debut GRIT is due from HarperTeen 5/16/2017, and my YA paranormal novel THE DOOR TO JANUARY is due from Islandport Press 9/5/2017. My short fiction has appeared in Odd Tree Press Quarterly #1, EMP Publishing’s anthology Creepy Campfire Stories (for Grownups): Tales of Extreme Horror, Sanitarium Magazine, and The Realm Beyond. My contest wins include Second Place in the Genre Short Story category of the 2013 Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, First Place in the Horror category of the 2012 Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards Competition, and Third Prize in the 2012 Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest. I hold a BA in English from the University of Maine, and live in rural Maine with my husband Darren and our son Jeremy. I’m perpetually at work on my next novel.
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