Black Iris
The next dark and sexy romantic suspense novel from the <i>USA TODAY </i>bestselling author of <i>Unteachable</i>, which was praised for its “lush, haunting prose, deft storytelling, and scorching sensuality†(M. Pierce, bestselling author of the Night Owl trilogy), and called “one of the best forbidden romances†(Lauren Blakely, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author).<BR><BR><i>“Love is not a thing that we create. It’s an undoing.â€</i><BR> <BR> It only took one moment of weakness for Laney Keating’s world to fall apart. One stupid gesture for a hopeless crush. Then the rumors began. Slut, they called her. Queer. Psycho. Mentally ill, messed up, so messed up even her own mother decided she wasn’t worth sticking around for.<BR> <BR> If Laney could erase that whole year, she would. College is her chance to start with a clean slate.<BR> <BR> She’s not looking for new friends, but they find her: charming, handsome Armin, the only guy patient enough to work through her thorny defenses—and fiery, filterless Blythe, the bad girl and partner in crime who has thorns of her own.<BR> <BR> But Laney knows nothing good ever lasts. When a ghost from her past resurfaces—the bully who broke her down completely—she decides it’s time to live up to her own legend. And Armin and Blythe are going to help.<BR> <BR> Which was the plan all along.<BR> <BR> Because the rumors are true. Every single one. And Laney is going to show them just how true.<BR> <BR> She’s going to show them all.