1996

Black Hare ValleyTroublemakers not welcome. Secrets must not be revealed. The past must stay buried and the missing will be forgotten.Wannabe reporter Jaime is new in town and desperate to be accepted but when she spies local hooligan Jesse Archer being arrested she cannot resist following the story. Jesse leads her to the bookshop where mild Paddy Finnis hangs out with his spiky friend, Willow Harrison. When sweet-natured Ralph Maxwell turns up too, Jaime wonders if she has found new friends.Jesse is hiding secrets under secrets however and when Paddy vanishes in the night, the group close ranks to investigate his disappearance.Why is Jesse being blackmailed by the fearsome Sergeant Mayfield? Why does the Vicar Roberts stalk Willow's nervous mother? And is Mayor Margaret Sumner, their friend or their foe? Black Hare Valley is a sacred place where terrible things happen and then everyone forgets. Chantelle Atkins was born and raised in Dorset, England and still resides there now with her husband, four children, and multiple pets. She is addicted to reading, writing, and music and writes for both the young adult and adult genres. Her fiction is described as gritty, edgy and compelling. Her debut Young Adult novel The Mess Of Me deals with eating disorders, self-harm, fractured families and first love. Her second novel, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side follows the musical journey of a young boy attempting to escape his brutal home life and has now been developed into a 6 book series. She is also the author of This Is Nowhere and award-winning dystopian, The Tree Of Rebels, plus a collection of short stories related to her novels called Bird People and Other Stories. The award-winning Elliot Pie's Guide To Human Nature was released through Pict Publishing in October 2018. Emily's Baby is her latest release and is the second in a YA trilogy.