Pulse Point

Selected for the Forest of Reading Teen Committee's Summer Reading pick! Finalist for SYRCA 2018 Following the events of Pulse Point, 12-year old Ama and the other Underlanders living in a world of darkness dig for brine, the City's real energy source. Underland is a dangerous place: cave-ins, starvation and illness are constant threats. When their leader deserts them, Ama goes looking for him and stumbles on two Citizens. Neither knew the other existed. 18-year old Sari lives in the City, blissfully unaware of what goes on beneath her feet. The disappearance of her best friend, Kaia, has left her feeling isolated. A chance encounter with her sister leads her to join a group called the Resistance who are on a secret mission to reveal the secrets the Council keeps hidden. When Kaia mounts an attack on the City, Sari and Ama are thrown together in a battle that will decide their futures and the fate of the City.

I built my career on following the rules. She's here to break every single one.The last thing I need is to babysit the hospital director's daughter, but when my boss tells me to mentor our newest resident, I don't have a choice. Regan is spoiled, reckless, and completely off-limits but she's also beautiful, fearless, and impossible to ignore.She acts like she has nothing to prove, but I see the fire in her eyes every time she pushes back. She lives to test my patience, and I swear she enjoys watching me struggle to keep my distance.I won't cross that line. I can't.But the more time we spend together, the harder it gets to remember why she's off-limits. Between hospital politics, small-town gossip, and her father breathing down my neck, this has disaster written all over it.I've spent my whole life playing it safe. Maybe with her… it's time to break a few rules.

I'm the journalist who exposed his past. He's the doctor trying to rebuild his future. Neither of us expected to need each other or to fall for each other in the process.When Dr. Adrian Pierce moves to my mid town, the last thing I expect is to meet him at the hospital's welcome party. Our banter is fun, flirty…until he realizes who I am. I'm the one who wrote the article that nearly ruined his career, and he wants nothing to do with me.My editor demands an exclusive interview with him, but Adrian flat-out refuses. Then I discover his department desperately needs funding for new equipment. I make him a deal: I'll help him plan the hospital's fundraiser if he agrees to share his side of the story.Working with Adrian is harder, and more distracting, than I anticipated. Between late-night planning sessions and the occasional accidental touches, I see a side of him I didn't expect: kind, funny, and passionate about his work. The lines between us blur, and before I know it, we're keeping our relationship a secret.But secrets have a way of getting out. And suddenly, everything I've worked for crumbles. I know one thing for sure: falling for Adrian was never part of the plan.