Pretty Thing

When fifteen-year-old Becs meets Bracken, she is convinced she''s found her soul mate. So what if he''s much older, and who cares about her exams? He''s gorgeous, he gets her, she feels free with him, and when he holds her she feels safe.

But is she?

When her best friend is assaulted, one of a spate of attacks against girls from her school, the world suddenly seems a much more dangerous place. Who is it safe to trust? Should she follow her head or her heart? Becs is forced to make choices that will affect the rest of her life.

Set during the summer of ''76, to the music of David Bowie and the Rolling Stones, Pretty Thing is a powerful story of first encounters, dark obsession and last chances. It pits true love against real life and asks: is love really all you need?