Dark Parts of Pretty

Crooked Halos Duet: Book 2

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Genres

Coming of Age, Dark Fiction, Dark Romance, High School Romance, Young Adult, Novels, and New Adult

Trigger Warnings

Death, Sex, Profanity, Rape, Drugs & Alcohol Abuse, Violence, and Drugs

Type of Ending

Series

Crooked Halos Duet — Book 2

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is recommended, but not required

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Publication Date

Sep 24, 2025

Page Length

347 pages

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Dark Parts of Pretty

Crooked Halos Duet: Book 2

Published Copy

Blurb

“Learn to use your looks, Charlie. They’re all you’ve got.”

Charlie Woods swore she’d never end up like her mother.

Beneath her striking beauty are years of scars—the trauma of her childhood, the death of her father, her mother’s addictions.

She hides it well. The panic. The shame. The loneliness.

Drowning in vodka, in the arms of anyone who makes her feel:

Wanted.

Special.

Loved. Even for a moment.

Then Smith shows up. Kind. Steady. Safe.

The first person to see past the surface.

The first to make her think she could be different.

But old patterns don’t let go easily. And when tragedy hits, Charlie will have to decide—

be the girl who repeats the story, or the one who finally ends it.

Charlie Woods swore she’d never end up like her mother.

What if it’s too late?

Dark Parts of Pretty is a haunting coming-of-age novel about trauma, forgiveness, and the fight to find the beauty within.

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Genres

Coming of Age, Dark Fiction, Dark Romance, High School Romance, Young Adult, Novels, and New Adult

Trigger Warnings

Death, Sex, Profanity, Rape, Drugs & Alcohol Abuse, Violence, and Drugs

Type of Ending

Series

Crooked Halos Duet — Book 2

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is recommended, but not required

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Publication Date

Sep 24, 2025

Page Length

347 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

I grew up a daydreamer on the farm, Everclear in my tape deck, happily writing stories in my head—everything from twin girls solving mysteries to a horror about vampire badgers lurking in the coulee behind my house.

Then things changed. I grew up, met a boy… and replaced my writing with a blur of wild nights. Memories so vivid they still crackle with electricity.

My novels, Life of the Party and Dark Parts of Pretty, were inspired by those years—by the things I saw, the things I lived, and the things I’m still figuring out.

Writing is my addiction of choice these days. And this one? I’m not giving up.