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The Life and Death of Lauren Conway: A Companion to Without Mercy

Lisa Jackson
Zebra Books (2011)
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Rating:
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Tags:
Romance, romantic supense
    ### Product Description
    Go inside the dark history of the Blue Rock Academy and learn more about the twisted past that made this school a hunting ground for a ruthless killer...and what became of one of the school's most infamous alumni in this companion to the *New York Times* bestseller WITHOUT MERCY.
    From #1 *New York Times* bestselling author Lisa Jackson comes a pulse-pounding thriller that goes behind the doors of an exclusive academy with a terrifying secret. . .
    Ever since her father was stabbed to death in a home invasion, Julia "Jules" Farentino has been plagued by nightmares. Her half-sister, Shaylee, now seventeen, has had her own difficulties since the tragedy, earning a rap sheet for drug use, theft, and vandalism. Still, when Jules learns of her mother's decision to send Shay to an elite boarding school in Oregon, she's skeptical. The Academy has a reputation for turning wayward kids around--but one of its students went missing six months ago and her body has never been found. There are rumors she may have died during one of the school's questionable treatments. Once enrolled, Shay grows fearful, convinced her every move is being watched. And the deeper Jules digs, the more concerned she becomes.
    On impulse, Jules applies for a teaching job at the Academy. Though the facility boasts state-of-the-art equipment and a breathtaking campus, Jules senses cracks in the director's do-good demeanor. Shortly before Jules arrived, a student was found hanged, and a hysterical Shay believes it was murder. Staff members are wary and unwelcoming--all except Cooper Trent, another recent hire who has his own suspicions, and his own secrets.
    Then another girl goes missing, and yet another is found dead. There's no doubt something sinister is at hand--but Jules may be too late to stop it. Behind the Academy's idyllic veneer lurks an evil force on a brutal and terrifying mission. And Jules has become the next target of a bloodthirsty killer without limits, without remorse, without mercy. . .

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    By
    Lisa Jackson

Published by Zebra Books

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Excerpt from
WITHOUT MERCY
     
    Seattle, Washington
Late March
     
    Drip, drip, drip.
    Rain fell from the night-dark sky, splashing against the window.
    Be careful what you wish for…
    Jules twisted on the bed, sheets curled around her legs. Sleep, as ever, was elusive. Her headache thundered through her brain, pounding in counterpoint to the steady plop of raindrops.
    …because you just might get it.
    Wasn’t that the truth? How long had she prayed her parents would find their way back to each other? Now that her prayers had been answered… Dear God, what a catastrophe!
    Refusing to dwell on the disaster that was Edie and Rip Delaney’s remarriage, Jules opened an eye to stare at the clock. One fifty-seven.
    Oh, God. Squeezing her eyes shut again, she groaned and rolled over on the twin bed that had been hers for as long as she could remember. Only five hours until she had to get up. Oh, God, why couldn’t she sleep? Why could she never sleep?
    Drip, drip, drip.
    Her headache raged with