Carmen
YA Contemporary
115,000 words
Status: Beta Readers
Emilia Giordani has the perfect life, the perfect job, and the perfect family, but when her daughter almost dies in a car accident that kills three others, it forces her once again to confront the death of her high school best friend.
Thirty years ago…Emilia and Carmen have been best friends since Carmen's mother tragically overdosed when they were twelve. Years of codependence and distrust have begun to wear their relationship down. It finally starts to crack when Carmen focuses her attention on a neighboring wealthy student, Will McCoy, who instead turns his attention to Emilia. But Will has his own secrets that threaten more than just Emilia’s friendship with Carmen.