Crystal Girl

I'll do anything to be thin . . . anything.
Even sell my soul.

I can't believe I said those words. Can't believe I allowed my life to change, metamorphose, and completely destroy the world I lived in. I could tell you it was all his fault, I could lie to you and take no responsibility for what happened to me, but that would send me farther down the rabbit hole.

A dirty, smelly place.

Believe me, you don't want to go there.

Here's the deal.

My name is Kaylee Russell and I was the fat girl.

You know me. Every high school has one. The too tall girl with the pretty face and the extra pounds that won't go away no matter how many celery stalks I ate. I saw myself as a walking pin cushion with what seemed like thunder thighs. I hated being fat, hated looking at myself in a mirror. So I avoided staring into the glass, solid as ice and just as cold.

Emotionless, gutless invention to torture me.

Then one day, I couldn't take it anymore.

So I did what I said I'd never do. I used drugs to lose weight. Not unusual at my school, or even yours, I bet. But this was different. Like the universe heard my call and sent out a major distress signal. And I was right there, ready to answer it. I'd lived so long in my fat suit, I wanted to break out of it and be like other girls. Have dates. Kiss a boy. Go to prom. Sometimes we go a little crazy when we don't get what we want. We lie, cheat, and sometimes we make a bargain with the devil.

I went further than that.

I fell in love with him.
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No matter how much she diets, Kaylee Russell can't overcome the fears and loneliness that possess her and lose weight. A daily struggle that overwhelms her to the point of no return when she's the victim of bullying and she makes a silly bet she can't possibly win.

Then a chance encounter with a new guy at school turns her life around when he tells her he can make her dream to be thin come true. Smooth-talking and wildly sexy, Luke is the alpha bad boy every girl dreams of to boost her ego. He makes her an offer she can't refuse.

Take this little, white pill, he tells her, and she'll be thin . . .

Kaylee gets more than she bargained for when the pressure to take more and more pills is her undoing. With the help of her best friend, Alex, she begins to see she needs help to find her way back home and realizes that getting thin the easy way comes with a price.

That when the time comes, the devil will collect your soul . . .

This is a cautionary tale of drug addiction and its consequences, that anyone can get hooked, and in the end, it takes strength and courage to just say no.


Genre: New Adult Romance