Sky Pony Press Ten after closing, hardcover/jessica bayliss

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Scott each and Winny went to the Caf Flores wanting to escape their normal teen troubles; now, held hostage at gunpoint, they just want to leave alive.

Perfect for fans of This is Where It Ends and Party.

10PM: Closing time at Caf Flores.

The door should be locked, but it isn't.

Scott Bradley and Winsome Sommervil are about to become hostages.

TEN MINUTES BEFORE CLOSING: Scott's girlfriend breaks up with him in the caf 's basement storeroom because he's late picking her up for the big end-of-the-year party.

Now he can't go to the party, but he can't go home, either?not knowing his dad will still be in a drunken rage.

Meanwhile, Winny wanted one night to let loose, away from her mother's crushing expectations.

Instead, she's stranded at the caf after her best friend ditches her in a misguided attempt at matchmaking.

TEN MINUTES AFTER CLOSING: The first gunshot is fired.

Someone's dead.

And if Winny, Scott, and the rest of the hostages don't come up with a plan soon, they may not live to see morning.

Told from both Winny and Scott's perspectives, and alternating between the events leading up to and following the hold-up, Ten After Closing is an explosive story of teens wrestling with their own challenges, thrown into circumstances that will test their very limits.

About the Author: Jessica Bayliss is an author with a Ph.

in clinical psychology who loves all things reading and writing.

Her work crosses genres including romance, urban fantasy, and horror.

Because one cannot live on writing alone, Jessica also spends a great deal of time with friends and family.

She is a lover of all animals especially one very special Havanese and one extremely ornery cockatiel.

She lives in Connecticut.

Ten After Closing is her first young adult novel.