You don't want to send your child to Blue Lake Academy!
Sinister things are happening there. Nestled in the
mountains of Oregon, this school for wayward teens has more
going on than the academic. Julia Farentino's sister,
Shaylee, is being sent to the academy by her mother's
choosing and an order of the judge. Shaylee is in trouble
with the law and has been kicked out of three schools
already.
Recently, a couple of unusual things have happened at the
school. A teacher was fired for being involved with a
student and another student is missing, gone without a
trace. After doing quite a bit of research on the school,
Julia is very suspicious of it and does not want Shaylee
there.
Julia comes up with the idea of applying for a teaching
position to investigate the school and get her sister out.
Although Julia has a teaching degree, she is currently
working as a waitress. She lands the teaching job and is on
her way to spring Shaylee when she receives a phone call
from the school that two students have recently been found
murdered. Julia is even more determined now.
But another surprise awaits Julia when she arrives. She
discovers that an old boyfriend is also teaching at the
school. He is sent to pick her up when she arrives at the
guard shack. As they talk on the way up the mountain, they
find out that each is there with another purpose in mind.
Cooper Trent is there, hired by the missing student's
parents, to find out what happened to her.
Julia and Trent hook up to determine exactly what is going
on at Blue Lake Academy. As they do, another student is
found murdered and Trent's cottage is set on fire. Will
they find out who killed the three students and what
happened to the missing one? What else will they find here
at Blue Lake Academy?
WITHOUT MERCY is a compelling thriller with many twists and
turns and a little romance on the side. And just when you
think it's all over, it's really not all over.
Ever since her father was stabbed to death in a home
invasion, Julia “Jules” Farentino has been plagued by
nightmares. Her half-sister, Shaylee, now seventeen, has
had her own difficulties since the tragedy, earning a rap
sheet for drug use, theft, and vandalism. Still, when
Jules learns of her mother’s decision to send Shay to an
elite boarding school in Oregon, she’s skeptical. The
Academy has a reputation for turning wayward kids around –
but one of its students went missing six months ago and
her body has never been found. There are rumors she may
have died during one of the school’s questionable
treatments. Once enrolled, Shay grows fearful, convinced
her every move is being watched. And the deeper Jules
digs, the more concerned she becomes.
On impulse, Jules
applies for a teaching job at the Academy. Though the
facility boasts state-of-the-art equipment and a
breathtaking campus, Jules senses cracks in the director’s
do-good demeanor. Shorty before Jules arrived, a student
was found hanged, and a hysterical Shay believes it was
murder. Staff members are wary and unwelcoming – all
except Cooper Trent, another recent hire who has his own
suspicions, and his own secrets.
Then another girl goes
missing, and yet another is found dead. There’s no doubt
something sinister is at hand – but Jules may be too late
to stop it. Behind the Academy’s idyllic veneer lurks an
evil force on a brutal and terrifying mission. And Jules
has become the next target of a bloodthirsty killer
without limits, without remorse, without mercy...
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