Beautiful
Beautiful is the story of Cara, a seventeen-year-old homeless girl, scarred on her face and in her soul, whose wish is to finish high school without drawing unwanted attention. Then Cara meets Adam and his family, and for the first time in her young life, she’s hopeful for a new, better existence. But when Cara and Adam’s younger sister are alone during a violent home invasion that ends in the death of the two perpetrators, a police detective wants to know how it was that two violent, armed men died while a teen and a preteen girl were unharmed. Later, when the Russian mob hijacks the younger girl’s school bus to retrieve a package the bus driver has hidden, the girl has time for one text…to Cara, who’d protected her once before. This time Cara nearly dies, and now she’s attracted the attention of the FBI agent on the case and the burning enmity of an angry mob boss. Cara has lived for years on her own, but now she’ll need to learn to trust and accept the help of Adam and some unlikely allies in order to survive. The trouble is that if people get too close to her, they might learn her secret. And that, for sure, would be catastrophic!
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Beautifully Made
The exciting sequel to Beautiful
An uncontrollably violent being lives within Cara and emerges when she is threatened, killing everyone around her. Between homelessness and high school, life presents constant hardship. Cara finds stability and hope when the Samuelsons take her in. Her boyfriend, Adam, looks past the scar on her face and recognizes Cara’s beauty. His loyalty to her never fails. Together, they learn the ancient origin of the destructive force within her and embark on an unforgettable adventure of rescue and survival.
A secret government agency wants Cara as a weapon, with or without her consent. Meanwhile, an implacable assassin with a personal vendetta hunts Cara and her new family.
Other than Adam, Cara doesn’t know who to trust. Her best hope may lie with an eccentric elderly woman, a girl genius with nothing left to lose, and … a unique creation developed in their lab.
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Update 5/02/2025: Bookshop.org is having a, uh, hiccup. Since we’re coming up on a weekend, I’m not sure what to expect. They have Beautiful available, but Beautifully Made has mysteriously disappeared. I’ve sent the requisite polite queries to their customer support. I want to support them, but they’re not making it easy.
Update 5/05/2025: All better now. You can buy Beautifully Made on Bookshop.org again 😊
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