★ “This dark, winding novel expertly interweaves suspense and romance. A wild and satisfying romp.”
—Kirkus, Starred Review
She’s Too Pretty To Burn
An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls in She's Too Pretty to Burn, an expertly plotted YA thriller by Wendy Heard.
The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art. They’re artists first, best friends second. But that was before Mick. Delicate, lonely, magnetic Mick: the perfect subject, and Veronica’s dream girl. The days are long and hot—full of adventure—and soon they are falling in love. Falling so hard, they never imagine what comes next. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect . . . one stalker. This is a summer they won’t survive.
Inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray, this sexy psychological thriller explores the intersections of love, art, danger, and power.
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A Note on Content
Without spoilers, this book explores some relatively dark territory. Readers should be ready for spoken references to animal death (off page, not described in detail); scenes of parental emotional abuse; self-destructive, dangerous behavior; off-page murder; drowning and almost-drowning; and child endangerment. I hope you enjoy the story, but it’s important to know these things in case you’re gifting this to someone who wishes to stay away from this type of content. Thank you so much for engaging in my work and going on these strange and dark journeys with me.
—Wendy