


Agent: Kevan Lyon, Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.

This somewhat sensationalized “opposites attract” romance may dwell a little too long on Noah’s infatuation with Echo’s red hair and large breasts, but its suspenseful plot, dramatic conflicts, and tragic characters will keep readers engrossed. As the teens hatch their plan, they begin to fall in love. The fancy kind people received when they won a competition. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. While waiting for her to finish reading, I noticed a stuffed green frog by her computer, a picture of her and some guy possibly her husbandand then on the corner of her desk a big blue ribbon. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with 'freaky' scars on her arms. Noah wants to locate his younger brothers, who were placed in a separate foster home, and Echo needs to know the truth about an incident-wiped from her memory-that left her arms badly scarred and led to a restraining order against her mother. So wrong for each other and yet so right. Senior, to tutor Noah, she agrees, even though Noah has the reputation of being a “girl-using stoner boy.” Though the students initially clash, they discover they have something in common: both areĭesperate to look at their personal files, housed in Mrs. In a novel brimming with dark memories, veiled secrets, and steamy moments, first-time author McGarry introduces two teenagers struggling to regain normalcy after their lives have been shattered by separate tragedies.
