FRIENDS LIKE THESE

A party . . . a betrayal . . . a girl who's disappeared. . . .
Mistake number one -- Fun-loving Jake tells his girlfriend Jessica that they have to go to Tegan's end of summer party in their tiny California beach town. Jessica doesn't like parties and she doesn't like Tegan, who has an obvious, obsessive crush on Jake. But Jessica agrees to go, to make Jake happy.
Mistake number two -- Something awful happens at the party. Something so embarrassing that Jessica doesn't know if she can ever get over it -- and Jake will do whatever it takes for forgiveness. And now, a girl is missing. Everyone is a suspect. And, Jessica begins to notice, Jake seems to have a lot to hide. . .

When a body is discovered at the beach, friends start turning on friends, and lies start piling on top of lies. What happened this summer could destroy their lives.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Mistake number three.

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez is the author of two middle grade fantasy series, The Guardian Herd and Riders of the Realm and the young-adult thriller Lies Like Wildfire.