Patty Blount creëert verhalen met slimme en sterke personages die niet bang zijn om te vechten voor wat juist is. Haar werken kenmerken zich door hun randje, realisme en hartverscheurende emotionele diepgang binnen de genres hedendaagse en young adult romance. Blount duikt in thema's die resoneren met moderne lezers, waarbij ze de complexiteit van menselijke relaties en maatschappelijke kwesties onderzoekt. Ze wordt geprezen om haar authentieke stem en haar vermogen om personages te creëren waarmee lezers zich kunnen verbinden en die hen inspireren.
Shunned by her friends and even her father after she accuses the town golden boy of rape, Grace wonders if she can ever trust Ian, a classmate who is funny, kind, and has secrets of his own. Shunned by her friends after she accuses the town golden boy of rape, Grace wonders if she can ever trust Ian, a classmate who is funny and kind and has secrets of his own. The plot contains pervasive vulgarity.
Two years after she was raped, Ashley, now a high school junior and still struggling with everyday life, sees her family falling apart.
On his first day of school in yet another new town, Dan stops a jock, Jeff, from beating up an outcast kid named Brandon; he makes an enemy and a friend in the process, while developing a crush on a classmate, Julie.
Guitarist Elijah and actress Kristen connect after unusual circumstances bring them together, but cruelty from strangers online and Kristen's strict father threaten their relationship.