Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies—or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes that the dead leave behind in the world... and the imprints that attach to their killers.

Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift; it mostly just led her to find the dead birds her cat had tired of playing with. But now that a serial killer has begun terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, she realizes she might be the only person who can stop him.

Despite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet on her quest to find the murderer—and Violet is unnerved to find herself hoping that Jay's intentions are much more than friendly. But even as she's falling intensely in love, Violet is getting closer and closer to discovering a killer... and becoming his prey herself.

I love that she’s not completely freaked out by the fact she is drawn to those who’ve been murdered. I’m pretty sure that if I had that ability, I would be a total mess!!!

If you were spending the day with him/her what would you do together?

Let’s see, she’s a runner and I’m not, so that’s out. She’s sixteen and I’m…well, older, so we probably don’t hang out in the same places or with the same people. So maybe we’d just have lunch and talk…I’d love to hear all about her creepy gift!

What advice do you have to offer about making your dreams come true?

I think this is true no matter what you’re pursuing: NEVER GIVE UP! I honestly believe that the basic ingredient to success is persistence. If you want it bad enough, just keep trying.

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