The Lost Boy (75k words / 270 pages)

Honey Finch has never had a hometown. Just highways, roadside diners, men who were never father material, and a mother who always leaves before the past can catch them.

But this time the past is waiting.

It waits in the forgotten mountain town of Silvertown, where strangers seem to know her mother's name, old wounds never quite heal, and Honey is suddenly expected to fit in... something she's never learned to do.

As it turns out, fitting in is easier than she imagined.

Because when the most popular boy in town disappears, Honey sees an opportunity to finally be liked.

She blurts out that she has psychic powers.

She can find him, she promises.

The only problem...

Honey is lying.

And in a town where everyone is hiding something, one foolish little lie is about to uncover secrets that have been buried for years.