There are Rules! Andrea Cox heads into her Senior Year of High School at Evergreen High, just outside of Seattle, on top of the world. Her initiation into the Empresses is a foregone conclusion. The Empresses are at the top of the food chain of the eight different cliques. Andrea’s ambition may get the better of her as she tries to outshine the clique’s president, Charlotte Davis.
As the winter semester turns to spring, the old wounds of Evergreen High of what is known as “The Reckoning” cast a disturbing shadow leading up to Prom. Will Andrea’s ever-increasing need for popularity and social media success be her undoing? Meanwhile, bullying has consequences!
!!! Panic attacks and Violence !!!
Rodrigo Santos has tried to leave his criminal life behind. What happened in Miami has been repressed to the furthest reaches of his mind. Breaking good has been more difficult than he ever imagined. Becoming a wedding planner should have been easy. Or so Rodrigo thought. This was his new life, and whether he liked it or not, it was reality. That is until Jamie-Lynn walked into his life. He had heard about the phenomenon known as a bridezilla. Here it was in the flesh, and events begin to spiral out of control where his only recourse may be to go back to his old ways. Meanwhile, sinister darkness shows early signs of cause and effect.
!!! Anxiety, OCD, Panic attacks, and Violence !!!
Rodrigo Santos climbs from his desert grave surrounded by blood and destruction with no recollection of how he got there. Hitching a ride back home, Rodrigo goes back to his life as a wedding planner and club owner in Austin, Texas, convinced it was all a dream.
But Austin is nothing like he remembers. Murders occur everywhere he goes. Bridezillas with wild requests fill his days, while nightmares of a little girl and her teddy bear terrorize his dreams at night. She reminds Rodrigo of the evil of his past, which triggers his OCD in full force.
Suspicions rise as the lines between truth and hallucinations blur, and Rodrigo tailspins into depression. Whether it is mental illness, purgatory, or another dimension, Rodrigo must wallow through his past to find a tether to his reality before he is sent to hell.