Sydney's dad is the only psychiatrist for miles around in their small Ohio town.
He is also unexpectedly dead.
Sydney believes the crash was anything but an accident. And when the threatening texts begin, and June Copeland - homecoming queen and golden child - appears at his funeral out of nowhere, she's sure of it.
But through Sydney's newfound relationship with June, she's given a glimpse of a life without the darkness of an unresolved grief and the chance, just maybe, of a fresh start.
Until it's clear that the secrets won't go away, and the truth might bring everything crashing down...
Imperfect friendships, the shadow of grief and the sweet pain of romance - this is a poetic, thrilling ode to being human.
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Once burned twice shy describes Sydney's feelings about romance, and for good reason. Her belief that the girl she tried to kiss when she was fourteen felt a mutual attraction, blew up and the ensuing harassment has yet to completely die down. When her beloved dad, the only therapist in their small town, is killed in an auto accident, she can't help thinking that something doesn't add up. What she says at the funeral and who she sees there, June Copeland, the most popular girl in her high school, are the beginning of a dark and twisting tale that involves secrets, threatening texts from an anonymous number and a lot more. Those who like mystery, suspense, and/or watching someone take the first steps back to being who they really are, will really like this book.