What Lies Beneath
Living in the small town of Salt Lake City, Matthew has not seen much of the world ever since his father died. His mother is still in shock from this realization and she will not do anything to care for her child. After life threatening events, Matthew is forced to move in with his uncle James. He has never met him nor anyone else in his family before and is excited at first, then things take a turn for the worse. Just when Matthew thinks things are going to settle down from all the chaos he has grown up with, he finds something that will never make him see anything clearly again. From this vital information that Matthew finds out about his families past, he has a desire to find out more. After making friends that he would have never thought of being friends with, they help him with this investigation to uncover the ugly truth; who really killed Matthew’s father, David Deacon? From uncovering clues bit by bit, the truth is revealed and it will shock everyone, no matter who you are.
Along the Streets of Sunshine
When Royce Hartley, a parentless eighteen-year-old meets Mousy Mink, a troubled girl who just escaped her nightmarish home country, he helps heal her emotionally-and-romantically-broken-heart by starting an unplanned romantic relationship with her. Unfortunately, when Royce finds himself in a nasty verbal war with her schoolmate, Capri Karr, Mousy’s love struggles to realize if he is indeed an admirable man but he cannot react to satisfy the man he is becoming. Alone and unsure, Royce is forced to confront the man inside him and fight for his own self-approval and the woman he loves.
Kristy Speranza
Tori Phillips
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