Shelly Crane

Wide Open Shelly Crane

Marc Notes: Milo is stuck in the past and doesn't know how to let go. Alienated from his family, he drowns his pain by constantly moving on to the next girl and the next party. Until he meets Maya. She, too, has a troubled past, but has managed to get past the party scene and now works as a teen counselor. Her life is better, but the only person she has in her life is her brother who is dying from a disease no medicine can cure. Can they find the courage to open their hearts and risk being hurt again?. Publisher Marketing: Milo is trouble. He lives it, breathes it. He embraces anything that numbs and takes his mind somewhere else, a world where his mother is herself and not just a shell, and his brother didn't almost kill her, severing any relationship they had. But more importantly, Milo drowns out the guilt for leaving his mother and not being able to forgive his brother. He drowns his pride and moves on to another girl and another party, pretending that life isn't moving on around him and he's stuck in the same place. He's stuck in the past and doesn't know how to let go. Maya is trouble. She's done the party scene and has had her fair share of close calls and handcuffs. Not the kinky kind. She's so over it all and fought like hell for that life to let go so she could move on. She now works as a teen counselor. Her life is better, but her life is empty. She has no one but her brother in the whole world left and he's sick with a disease that no medicine can cure. When they meet, a romance that scares them both emerges, but the love you fight for is the love that can mend bridges, heal scars, and open closed hearts. They'll need each other, they'll want each other, they'll have each other. But will it all come too late? Contributor Bio:  Crane, Shelly Shelly Crane is the "New York Times" and "USA Today" bestselling author of the Significance series, the Devoured series, and the Collide series, among other titles.