Ugly Book 2 of The Blackbird Trilogy

The quaint yet bustling town of Clearwater Springs, Missouri, is the newest, hottest place to call home in the rural Midwest. The town, which now has a decent-sized population alongside cute boutiques and delicious local fare, has grown in the past few years and now sits atop what was once an old camp for troubled youths. Camp Blackbird Hollow is long gone, but some of its survivors, along with the person who made the camp infamous, have remained.

Valorie Clark survived the tragedy that befell the camp back in the 90’s and has decided to make the area that caused her trauma, as well as her minor celebrity, home. Valorie’s bestselling book turned campy movie, My Summer at Blackbird, has given her enough money and notoriety to live in comfort in the small Midwest town of Clearwater. But lurking in the state penitentiary is the notorious killer who caused it all, the person who slaughtered several kids at camp. They now sit in a place they assumed they would live the remainder of their days, with just enough fame and admiration to keep them entertained. But prison life doesn’t quite suit them anymore, so they are hatching a plan to become free again. This time, with age and experience on their side.

When Anna moves to Clearwater Springs after her latest blind date goes very wrong, she meets and befriends the fading-from-the-limelight Valorie, and the pair begin a mutually beneficial friendship. But will a certain serial killer's newest bid for freedom create yet more grief for Valorie and her new friend? Welcome back to the lives of the counselors from Camp Blackbird Hollow. They are all grown up, and some of them have changed. Can the ugliness that took root at that fateful camp grow into something even more monstrous? Killing is hard work; it’s not for the weak, and it’s definitely not pretty.