the Space Between Stars

When seventeen-year-old Max discovers she's pregnant, her already fractured world begins to collapse. Trapped in an abusive home, her only refuge has ever been her best friends-Rox, and Wyatt, the boy she's quietly loved for nearly a decade.After a night with Wyatt leaves her heartbroken, Max makes a reckless choice: a party with her cruel stepsister, Cara. She wakes the next morning hungover and beside Lance-her long-time bully-and flees, desperate to forget it ever happened.But with her due date approaching and questions surrounding the baby's paternity, Max is persuaded to move into Lance's lavish home, trading one kind of torment for another. For the first time, she dares to believe her life might finally be stabilizing.Until her baby, Luna, disappears.As suspicion tightens and no one believes Max is innocent, she's forced to confront the terrifying possibility that the truth may be more dangerous than the lie everyone sees.Because the truth always comes out-and the answer lies in the space between the stars.

Pages: 338, Paperback, Independently published