Bad Reputation
North Shore Book 1
North Shore Book 1
P.W. Creighton
Genre: Young Adult Mystery/Romance
ISBN: 1492727857
ASIN: B00F0SM1YK
Number of pages: 279
Word Count: 62,000
Cover Artist: Elaina Lee – For The Muse Design
Book Description:
The North Shore Sheriff's Department has a bit of a problem. Someone contacted the local radio station last night and left an alarming confession.
Logan and his friends may be gossiping about it but their only concern is getting through the last day of school before summer vacation. After all, tonight is the party of the year. No one wants to miss it.
But the weight of secrets will have a costly price…
Excerpt
Through the trees I could just barely make out the
practice field ahead of me. Another little secret Sara had let me in on. The
truant officer tended to make his rounds on the half-hour and kept a close eye
on the path through the woods to the parking lot. If I came in from the
practice field, no one would bat an eye.
“Then
again,” I said aloud.
I
thought about grabbing my jacket, but it really wasn’t cold enough. My phone on
the other hand, I needed. Checking the screen, it was only a little after nine.
Tardy, but not something that would stand out.
There
was still a chance to ditch the entire day. My phone gave a brief buzz of
notification. I checked it to find a text waiting. It was Hailey again.
“Where
R U?”
I
groaned. She was pissed at me. If I bailed, not only would Sara and Mom freak
on me, Hailey would jump down my throat. I could avoid them, but I needed to
take Hailey to the party tonight. I could just stand her up. I let out a heavy
breath. I wanted to go though, and if I didn’t take her, she would still find a
way to get there. It was just better to deal with her now than to put it off
till the end of the day. Maybe she wouldn’t be too pissed.
“5
Min” I texted back and started walking towards the practice field. Old leaves
and branches crunched underfoot, keeping my mind off the fact that Hailey was
going to rip me a new one, and I had no clue what she was going to want.
The
girl could hold a grudge better than anyone I’ve ever known.
I
emerged into the open near one of the maintenance sheds. Why was I still with
Hailey? She was constantly pissing me off, and she didn’t even hear me most of
the time. I turned right to follow the maintenance path. I dumped Jamie for
less than what I was putting up with now. I opened the texts from Hailey to
scroll back. There had to be some reason.
A
few days back through the texts was all I needed as a reminder. It was a
‘selfie’ shot from Hailey angled down at her. She was giving me a playful smile.
Straight, platinum blonde hair, a tight low-cut top and a teasing attitude, she
was hot. Knowing how she felt silenced any objections my brain could come up
with at the moment.
I smiled to myself.
Tucking
the phone in my front pocket, I crossed into the parking lot. I couldn’t see
anyone over the cars but I didn’t need to push it. I quickened my pace towards
the end of the science building.
At
the far end of the concrete and faux wood building I walked around the corner
to the concrete steps and black railing. I took one last breath of the free air
before climbing the stairs to the heavy fire-door. It was always left unlocked
so teachers could duck out to the parking lot or students could get to the
athletic fields. The cold handle slipped from my grasp as I tried to open the
door. I finally noticed the grease and dirt on my hands.
“Ugh,”
I groaned.
About the Author:
Born in California, I have spent most of my life traveling throughout the US. I draw inspiration from my many adventures, turning my strange reality into fiction.
Over the years, I've found myself in many unusual situations, ranging from hanging off an 80 foot cliff-face in New York, to sailing off the coast of Salem, Massachusetts. I have had an opportunity to work at an archaeological excavation, and have even reported from the middle of a police stand-off.
When a teacher asked me in the second grade what I wanted to be when I grew up, I didn't have an answer. To be honest, I still don't know. I let my characters make that decision for me.
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