Dear Elena

As the sun rises on a new school year at Crestwood, the students are met with an old friend. One who was never fated to return, but here he stands: Atlas Halleck. Why did he leave, where did he go, and now, why did he return? But he isn’t the only new student on the roster. There’s someone else who Crestwood knows surprisingly little about: Lydia Walker. Who is she and what makes her worthy of attending the most prestigious boarding school in the nation?Until his sudden departure, Atlas was one of the most popular students at Crestwood. But a lot has changed in the last year and he is far from the same person who once participated in the frivolous ostentation of high-society.Lydia was ultimately forgettable, and she liked it that way. She only enrolled at Crestwood to fulfill her parents’ wish and intended to make it through the school year with passing grades, quiet lunches, and zero drama.While their paths should have never crossed, Atlas and Lydia find themselves in an unexpected club of two as they desperately try to escape the watchful eyes of their peers. As the secrets unfold, these two might just have more in common than they initially thought.Dear Elena is a young adult romance-mystery novel that contains drama, teenage angst, young love, secret library rendezvous, and a little bit of murder. Read more