Keep You
About this ebook
Dev Landry has a mundane life; runner-up on the track team, a nerdy best friend, and a job at his overbearing parents’ failing motel. He’s also in love with his former best friend, Hadlee Renee Morgan; the girl that never speaks, unless it's through her dark, disturbing, and taboo photography.
He’s loved her since the day he kissed her at the clearing in the woods three years ago, and then woke up from a coma with scars and no memory of what happened after. Now plagued by blackouts, migraines, and sleepwalking in the woods, his only solace is running, to keep the darkness at bay.
Dev’s life turns upside down when Hadlee shows up seeking refuge, promising answers about that day in the woods, the lies that entrap him, and why she stopped being his friend.
As Dev and Hadlee embark on their journey to rediscover the truth and each other, Dev realizes some secrets refuse to stay buried, and the cost of the truth may not be worth what he loses to find it.
Keep You is a dark, upper-YA coming-of-age mystery sprinkled with romance, quirky humor, and suspense uncovering the lies we tell, the secrets we keep, and the truths we hide.
About the author
Christopher M. Tantillo earned his MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and his BA in Creative Writing from SUNY Oswego. He enjoys witty banter, awkward conversations, tarot, tea, and has an unhealthy obsession with gelato. You can find him, and his doggo Benji (Benito), on their own adventures in Niagara Falls, New York, where he grew up. He hopes to spread mental health awareness and advocacy with his writing. He has published essays in The Weaving Knight, The Great Lakes Review, and Twenty-two Twenty-eight.
Keep You is his second novel. He is also the author of The Night I Spent with Aubrey Fisher and his poetry trilogy, things i never got to tell you, things you never got to hear, and things we never got to share.
You can find him online, and bring him a gelato, at christophermtantillo.com.
