The BookFest Spring 2023 Winner: 3RD PLACE IN CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE * The BookFest Spring 2022 Winner: 1ST PLACE IN YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE * Sometimes it’s the family you can’t choose who are the ones to save you. un·sound /ˌənˈsound/ adjective not safe or robust; in poor condition. not based on sound evidence or reasoning and therefore unreliable or unacceptable not competent, reliable, or holding acceptable views. As I watched the rich Washington landscape of mountains and thick green forests, I didn’t know what to expect. Granted, I was watching it from the back of a squad car, so it’s not like I had a choice in the matter. High school is hard enough—dealing with hormones, grades, the pressure of college, social media, prom, sex ed… the list can go on forever. I wished for that kind of normalcy. Instead, I was being shipped way up to the middle of nowhere woods of Washington state—a serene community of cozy cabins, the smell of burning firewood… and enough troubled, drug-addicted, almost-criminal teens to make me wonder if this was a better option than juvie. Little did I know that these drug-addled, societal misfits were exactly what I needed to become myself again. Written in four cohesive POV's, Unsound follows a tight-knit group of troubled teenagers living at a boarding school for at-risk youths up in a remote forest in Washington State. These kids have had childhood ripped away from them but they're on the journey to take their lives back. 345 page standalone with a sequel is in the works! But no cliffhangers, because who really likes a cliffhanger!? There are TRIGGER WARNINGS ranging from mental abuse, eating disorders and depression to underage drug & alcohol use, underage sex and mentions of rape. But I promise, it's not as dark as the warning sounds. And please remember, Goodreads & Amazon reviews REALLY help indie authors!