Marley Parker

Welcome to Marley's world where nothing is quite as it seems. Marley Parker is a Sophomore at an elite private college, where she's studying to become an investigative reporter. After discovering the Dean of Students was murdered she finds herself at the heart of a mystery and in the process, unearths another enigma nearly twenty years old. With the help of her father, the local Sheriff and other irresistible characters she meets along the way, she's closer to solving the case. With each new discovery, Marley gets herself deeper and deeper into danger. All the while, falling in love with the prime suspect in her murder investigation. What she learns is so astounding, it rocks her to her very core. It's so horrific that she will never again be the same girl and there is no turning back. Marley's story proves that you never how far you will go to save yourself.

In the beginning, Marley Parker seems to have overcome her childhood trauma and has it all—good looks, an influential father, a home on the lake, a promising future career, and a wealthy love interest. Over the course of the book, all these things will be tested, and Marley will have to fight for her life to hold onto everything she has, all while unraveling a mystery with connections to her past.
Marley Parker keeps the reader guessing from one chapter to the next, and delivers a surprise ending that neatly ties everything together in an unexpected way. One of the most interesting aspects of the main character is her devotion to her family. Marley Parker is no lone sleuth–she frequently helps (and is helped by) her father, Sheriff Parker, and her sister Jade. In one chapter, Marley takes a break from the main mystery to help discover who is stealing personal items from the girl’s locker room in her sister’s private high school, putting herself in harms way in the process.