Fear Me, Fear Me Not

Seventeen-year-old cheerleader narrator lives in a small Texas town where girls disappear every year, and this season the cheerleading captain is found with angel wings carved into her cheeks. She should be preparing for the pageant that could get her out, but instead she navigates rumors that her own father might be the serial killer and the taunts aimed at her younger brother. Her long-standing crush on Dimitri, her best friend Nadia’s ex-footballer brother, grows as they both face suspicion and personal demons. With the pageant countdown and another possible disappearance looming, she balances the dream of escape against mounting fear and danger.