Rocky Truths

In this YA coming-of-age suspense novel, Raquel "Rocky" Roberts is a high school senior who received a full scholarship to a private university in Washington, DC for the fall. She is looking forward to having an amazing summer with her best friends Tyler, Adrienne, and Minnie, who are like family to her. She is sad they are each going their own way after high school graduation.
Having been abandoned by her father at birth, and receiving only vague answers from her mother as to why he disappeared from their lives, Rocky has always wondered what she'd say if she ever met him. One late night she decides to look him up online, only to find his obituary and discover he passed away just six months ago. Full of emotions, Rocky realizes the moment for them to meet will never happen. But she still wants to know more about her father and the reason he left, so she looks up his other family members and starts to learn more about him. But she soon discovers that everything is not always what it seems... someone else has also been looking for Rocky, but for more nefarious reasons. This summer would turn out to be anything but amazing. Sometimes the truth is better left undiscovered.