The Monster Hypothesis

The Monster Hypothesis

Romily Bernard

Romily Bernard

Welcome to Bohring—home to 453 people, 2,053 alligators, and one monster curse. Correction: home to 454 people, now that Kick Winter is living in the swamp Hollows with her Grandma Missouri, the town (fake) psychic. Bohring is anything but boring for Kick who has already blown a hole through the kitchen floor, befriended a chicken-eating gator, and discovered that the town's hundred-year curse is upon them. It's the Bohring curse and all the kids are about to become monsters—or so the legend goes. People are worried—except for Kick. She knows there's a scientific explanation for everything, especially curses and monsters. But Kick is the new kid in school and she's determined to make a name for herself . . . by pretending to be psychic. According to her calculations: one teeny-tiny life + (fake) psychic skills = popularity. But when kids start disappearing and glowing creatures start showing up, Kick's theory quickly evaporates in a puff of foul-smelling swamp gas. Can Kick use...
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Lie for Me

Lie for Me

Romily Bernard

Romily Bernard

A digital-only prequel novella from Romily Bernard, author of the Find Me trilogy.Griff wasn't always the knight in shining armor Wick Tate thinks he is. He had a whole life before he met her, and even though it's grittier than Wick could have imagined, it also made him into the guy she loves.This prequel novella grants readers access to Griff's story from his point-of-view—and it includes some scenes from Find Me, which Jay Asher called "a thriller that keeps picking up speed" and Sophie Jordan hailed as "fast-paced and full of twists," and is told from Griff's alternate perspective!HarperTeen Impulse is a digital imprint focused on young adult short stories and novellas, with new releases the first Tuesday of each month.
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Trust Me

Trust Me

Romily Bernard

Romily Bernard

New York Times bestselling author Jay Asher called Find Me "a thriller that keeps picking up speed," while New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan hailed Romily Bernard as "an exceptional new voice in YA."Trust Me is the thrilling conclusion to the Find Me trilogy, in which loose ends come together and chilling plot twists complicate Wick Tate's life more than ever. Perfect for fans of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.With all of Wick Tate's secrets—who can she really trust? Wick is used to relying on only herself, but when she has nowhere left to turn, she's going to have to learn to trust someone if she's going to finally escape her demons. . . .
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Never Apart

Never Apart

Romily Bernard

Romily Bernard

What if you had to relive the same five days over and over?And what if at the end of it, your boyfriend is killed...And you have to watch. Every time.You don't know why you're stuck in this nightmare.But you do know that these are the rules you now live by:Wake Up.Run.Die.Repeat.Now, the only way to escape this loop is to attempt something crazy. Something dangerous. Something completely unexpected. This time...you're not going to run.Combining heart-pounding romance and a thrilling mystery Never Apart is a stunning story you won't soon forget.
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Find Me

Find Me

Romily Bernard

Romily Bernard

A teenage hacker embarks on a perverse game of hide-and-seek in this exhilarating thriller debut from 2012 Golden Heart Award winner Romily Bernard!"Find me."Those are the only words written on Tessa Waye's diary when it arrives at Wick Tate's door. When Wick gets to school and hears that Tessa's just been found dead, she knows something bad is going down.Now Wick's got a choice to make: Ignore the diary and try to forge on with her sister, Lily, and their latest foster parents? Or use her computer-hacking skills to investigate Tessa's suicide? When Lily is marked as the next target, Wick knows what she has to do.Then Griff, trailer-park boy next door and fellow hacker, shows up, intent on helping Wick. Is a happy ending possible with the threat of Wick's loser dad returning, the detective hunting him sniffing around Wick instead, and a killer taunting her at every step?Giving up is not an option when the threat hits so close to home.Find Me is an awesomely suspenseful debut YA thriller, complete with action, hacking intrigue, and a blossoming romance!Check out an excerpt:I'm not in the mood for sunny. In fact, I'm not in the mood for any of this. I need space. So I shove my feet into my battered Converse sneakers-the only things left from my wardrobe Bren didn't pitch in the garbage-and bang through the front door.Romily Bernard is a debut author who graduated with a degree in literature and Spanish from Georgia State University. She lives with her partner in Atlanta, riding horses and working in corporate law. Find Me won the 2012 Golden Heart Award and placed first in the 2011 YA Unpublished Maggie Awards (given by Georgia Romance Writers). You can visit her online at www.romilybernard.com.
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