where worlds collide

Three teenagers. One small town. A single moment that changes everything.

In Willow Creek, nothing truly stays secret. But some things people prefer not to see.

She has learned to survive by staying quiet, slipping through hallways and family dinners like a ghost in her own life. He has built a world out of waiting-watching, protecting, always one step behind the lines he's afraid to cross. And the boy everyone loves? His smile is a shield, his charm a language no one ever questions.

When a summer night and a crowded party push them all past an invisible boundary, their lives split into Before and After. What gets posted, what gets whispered, and what gets recorded matters almost as much as what actually happened.

As gossip swirls, families close ranks and loyalties are tested, each of them has to decide:

• What do you do when the truth will break everything?
• Who will you stand beside when the lights come back on?
• And how far will a wild heart go to protect the people it loves?

Where Worlds Collide is the first book in the Wild Hearts trilogy, a deeply emotional coming-of-age story about friendship, first love, family secrets, and the quiet courage it takes to step out of silence and into the light.