Whitney dropped off her sixteen-year-old daughter, Amelia, at a friend’s house for a sleepover. Could Whitney’s own demons have something to do with her daughter’s disappearance, and can Whitney find her before it’s too late? Review: Does she really even know this girl she’s raised? And Amelia’s not the only one with secrets. As Whitney searches for Amelia, she uncovers a trail of lies her daughter has told her-from the Finsta account to rumors of a secret relationship.

She’d never met the parents, and usually she’d go in, but Amelia clearly wasn’t going to let something so humiliating happen, so instead Whitney waved to her daughter before pulling away from the little house with the roses in front.īut when she goes back the next day, an elderly couple answers the door-Amelia and Lauren aren’t there, and this couple swears they never were, that she’s at the wrong house. Whitney had some misgivings when she dropped her increasingly moody teenage daughter, Amelia, off at Lauren’s house. Nankani's tone is plaintive as Nicole struggles to find a way to simultaneously please her demanding bosses and Parisa's equally demanding family.… Listeners will anticipate the train wreck that lies ahead but will thoroughly sympathize with Nicole's time management issues, thanks to Nankani's delivery.From the author of When I Was You comes a spine-tingling new thriller about a mother’s worst nightmare come true, when her teenage daughter goes to a sleepover and doesn’t come back. “Narrator Soneela Nankani captures the tension felt by workaholic web designer Nicole Palmieri as she overschedules her way through a huge work project and maid-of-honor duties for her best friend, Parisa. But scheduling time to fall in love might push even the most meticulous plans into pure chaos. And after she crosses paths with emerging restaurateur Brandon Phelps, Nicole is feeling feelings she hasn’t felt in…well, ever. If she can stick to her schedule, she’ll balance everything fine. That’s when Nicole decides to meticulously schedule out the next six months of her life-from her project due dates to her dress-fitting appointments to how many hours she plans to sleep each night. Until her best friend, Parisa Shahin, announces her engagement and asks Nicole to be her maid of honor. She doesn’t have time for a social life (or a love life), but that’s perfectly fine with her. As a user experience designer at Virtuality, an artificial intelligence company in Los Angeles, Nicole is at her desk from sunrise to sunset. A smart, modern novel about a woman trying to balance her career, her best friend, and falling in love without crashing and burning.

Life, Unscheduled by Kristin Rockaway