Keely Parrack

Don't Let in the Cold

Lottie trusts no one. Friendships fade fast when you’re always moving. People only let you down. So, when her mom remarries, Lottie’s not thrilled to be forced into hanging out with her new nature obsessed step sister, while her mom and new step dad celebrate in Reno. Still, how hard can it be to spend for one night at a ski-cabin in Tahoe?

But that night a solar flare causes a massive black out, stranding them with no cell signal or power. Alex, a cute fast-talking Asian teen, arrives with the first flakes of snow, claiming to be lost, but his dog seems to know its way around the cabin a little too well.

When the trio are forced into the blizzard, Lottie discovers freezing to death isn’t their only worry. Asthma, bears and white-outs take their toll, but that’s nothing compared to being hunted down by Alex’s ‘friends’. If they don’t get what they bribed Alex to deliver, all of their lives are in danger.

After an avalanche of bad decisions, Lottie must get this last one right, and live up to the trust placed in her, even if the life she saves is not her own, or none of them will survive.

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Publication Date: September 6, 2022
ISBN: 9781728256764

"The action is fast-paced, with just enough romantic tension... [a] comfortingly familiar page-turning suspense" ― Kirkus

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Keely Parrack grew up in England and came to America for fun twenty years ago. She is still here doing the things she loves, writing YA novels, poetry, and picture books, and motivating kids to love reading and to be confident creative writers. She has been a teacher, retail manager, childcare director, and a social networker for her local indie bookstore. When she’s not writing, she loves to read, binge watch horror movies, travel and take too many photographs. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, son, and a very demanding cat. More than anything, she hates to be cold!

http://keelyparrack.com

Tags: YA, Contemporary, Thriller