An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls inShe's Too Pretty to Burn, an expertly plotted YA thriller by Wendy Heard.
The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art. Theyre artists first, best friends second. But that was before Mick. Delicate, lonely, magnetic Mick: the perfect subject, and Veronicas dream girl. The days are long and hotfull of adventureand soon they are falling in love. Falling so hard, they never imagine what comes next. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect . . . one stalker. This is a summer they wont survive.
Inspired byThe Picture of Dorian Gray, this sexy psychological thriller explores the intersections of love, art, danger, and power.
Christy Ottaviano Books
New love spirals into lethal danger for two girls in this expertly plotted YA thriller.
Wendy Heardis the author of the adult thrillers
The Kill Cluband
Hunting Annabelle, which
KirkusReviewspraised as a diabolically plotted creep show from a writer to watch. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America, is a contributor at Crimereads, and co-hosts the Unlikeable Female Characters podcast. Wendy lives in Los Angeles, California.
Shes Too Pretty to Burnmarks her YA debut.
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