Freaks in the City
Maree Anderson
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(Maree Anderson, Aug. 20, 2012)
True love isn't a cakewalk when your girlfriend's a cyborg!For Jay and Tyler, living together is... challenging—especially when the secrets they're keeping from Tyler's family blow up in their faces. The last thing they need is the ex-girlfriend from hell showing up on their doorstep. Nessa's not exactly Jay's favorite human right now, but Tyler's ex is destitute, and desperate for a place to stay until the latest hot mess she’s embroiled in gets sorted. Besides, it's better to keep your enemies close, right?Sure enough, Nessa has designs on Tyler and a hidden agenda. But discovering who is manipulating her behind the scenes isn’t easy, even for a super-smart computer-savvy cyborg like Jay. Everything falls apart when a vulnerable member of Tyler’s family is threatened, forcing Jay to confront a ghost from her past who’ll stop at nothing to destroy her. And this time, the weapon he’s sent after Jay really could be the death of her.**YA paranormal, 73500 words: contains swearing and themes more suited to older readers**More YA books from Maree Anderson:FREAKS OF GREENFIELD HIGH (Freaks, Book One): When a teenage cyborg is forced to hide out at a small-town high school, the unthinkable happens: she falls in love. But with a covert organization intent on using her as a weapon hot on her trail, now's not the time for a cyborg to get all emotional! (Optioned for TV by Cream Drama, Inc., currently over 2 million reads on Wattpad)FREAKS UNDER FIRE (Freaks, Book Three): Out Now!LIMINAL (Liminals, Book One): Wren's a liminal who can phase in and out of the real world... which sounds like an awesome trick, but like everything that's supposed to be cool, it's complicated. She's caught between two warring factions. Her energy flows are blocked so she risks being trapped in a ghostlike plane called Between. Not to mention she's totally crushing on her only ally, mysterious bad boy Kade. Her life's spinning out of control. She doesn't know who to trust anymore. And what she finds lurking Between is the biggest shock of all.