This Hideous Heart

Virginia (Ginny) Walters is deeply in love with her boyfriend, Malcolm. Unfortunately for her, so is her best friend, Alden. By the time Ginny realizes this, the pair have already fallen for each other. Quelle betrayal! So much for a summer of fun with her main two.

Despite her heartache, Ginny finds ways to cope, immersing herself in her part-time job at the local bakery, and indulging an unexpected summer fling with hot-boy-next-door Seth. She even tries to resuscitate her friendship with Alden, something easier said than done. Malcolm had been Ginny's world, and Alden stole him right out from under her nose. But the tension between former BFFs only intensifies when Malcolm suddenly goes missing, and Alden's behavior suggests she might've had something to do with it.

Even as her relationship with Seth deepens into something real, Ginny becomes consumed with finding out what really happened to Malcolm, spying on Alden only to discover she's nowhere near the girl Ginny thought she was. And what's worse, Alden now seems to have her sights set on Seth, provoking Ginny to do whatever it takes to confirm her increasingly disturbing suspicions-even if it means stopping her former best friend for good.

Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, This Hideous Heart explores what happens when paranoid jealousy spirals into dangerous obsession.