With family like this, who needs enemies?

This is not how Maya Rogers hoped to get famous. First her boyfriend, Misalo, dumps her, and then the revealing photos that she sent to him go viral. Maya’s reputation is in shreds, and now she’s getting all the
wrong kind of attention from guys in her neighborhood. How did life get so out of control so fast?

One answer: Viviana. Maya and her cousin were close once. But guilty secrets and long-buried resentments changed all that. Viviana wants to make Maya miserable by stealing away Misalo, but she may be stirring
up more trouble than anyone can handle. At least Maya knows that her best friend Keysha always has her back. But with so much bad blood flowing, will these family ties be severed for good?

About the author:

Earl Sewell was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Palatine High School. He continued his education at Columbia College, where he studied creative writing.

He has always had two passions, the performing arts and athletics. In high school, he performed in dance shows during the fall semesters and ran track and fi eld in the spring. In college, his professors encouraged him to write, and by the time Earl was twenty years old, he’d written several short stories and a novel.

Earl has written several young-adult novels over the past few years. He has been featured in many publications, such as the Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Upscale magazine and Black Expressions magazine. He is currently hard at work on his next novel.