Traitor Darling

 To save the world, they'll need to save each other first.  Even though working with the boy that broke her heart is the last thing Hannah wants, she needs Anthony's help to protect the people from a generation of leaders who've given up on saving what's left of the world. The world believes Hannah Darling is dead. And still reeling from torture and taking a bullet for the boy who betrayed her, the Hannah that survived isn't quite the same. With the remains of New York still under the grip of the fascist Keepers, vaccines to distribute, people to evacuate, and a new crisis on the horizon, her fellow resistance members are beginning to wonder:  Can  Hannah still resist the Keepers? Anthony, under house arrest and wracked with guilt over leaving Hannah behind, is doing penance for his betrayal by distributing stolen vaccines to the vulnerable. As his powerful father's health declines, Anthony is drawn into the sinister web of the Keeper hierarchy who plan to abandon the city to restart humanity with only the elite. And they want him to help. But an even bigger threat is facing the remnants of New York City: a new and resistant wave of the deadly plague that destroyed their world and raised the Strangers is coming.  Full of defiance, breathless action, and romance, Traitor Darling is the epic conclusion of the story that began with Rebel Darling. 

Valerie Best is the author of Rebel Darling and is a runner, a reader, and a 3rd grade hula hoop champ. She studied English Literature at Brooklyn College with a special interest in women in literature. She utilizes this mainly for critical readings of Babysitters Club books (with a special emphasis on the Super Specials). Rebel Darling is the first of three books she has upcoming with 8th Note Press Valerie lives in New York with her family, where she spends half of her time hunched over her desk writing, the other half unsuccessfully trying to convince people she invented girl dinner simply because she's really into crackers.