Patty Blount schreibt über kluge und starke Charaktere, die bereit sind, für das Richtige zu kämpfen. Ihre Werke zeichnen sich durch Kanten, Realismus und tiefgreifende Emotionen in den Genres der zeitgenössischen und jungen Erwachsenen-Romanze aus. Blount widmet sich Themen, die bei heutigen Lesern Anklang finden, und untersucht die Komplexität menschlicher Beziehungen und gesellschaftlicher Fragen. Sie ist bekannt für ihre authentische Stimme und ihre Fähigkeit, Charaktere zu erschaffen, mit denen sich Leser identifizieren und die sie inspirieren.
Shunned by her friends and even her father after she accuses the town golden boy of rape, Grace wonders if she can ever trust Ian, a classmate who is funny, kind, and has secrets of his own. Shunned by her friends after she accuses the town golden boy of rape, Grace wonders if she can ever trust Ian, a classmate who is funny and kind and has secrets of his own. The plot contains pervasive vulgarity.
Two years after she was raped, Ashley, now a high school junior and still struggling with everyday life, sees her family falling apart.
On his first day of school in yet another new town, Dan stops a jock, Jeff, from beating up an outcast kid named Brandon; he makes an enemy and a friend in the process, while developing a crush on a classmate, Julie.
Guitarist Elijah and actress Kristen connect after unusual circumstances bring them together, but cruelty from strangers online and Kristen's strict father threaten their relationship.