Lost Girls Series by Kate Ellison

Sapphire knows she has to avoid trouble if she's going to survive in Neverland, the seedy neighborhood of Cleveland she now calls home. Other girls here have gone missing when they didn't play by the rules: the "lost girls," she calls them. Like her, they're all runaways - no one to notice if they vanish for good. And Sapphire knows, too, that falling for Bird is only going to cause trouble. She just doesn't know how soon, or how bad.. moreSapphire knows she has to avoid trouble if she's going to survive in Neverland, the seedy neighborhood of Cleveland she now calls home. Other girls here have gone missing when they didn't play by the rules: the "lost girls," she calls them. Like her, they're all runaways - no one to notice if they vanish for good. And Sapphire knows, too, that falling for Bird is only going to cause trouble. She just doesn't know how soon, or how bad... And whether that trouble will come from the dangers of Neverland or from Bird himself. All she knows is that this will be their last night together - or the night she's lost forever. less

Formerly published as THE BUTTERFLY CLUES, Kate Ellison’s debut novel combines psychological thriller, love story, and a girl’s struggle with mental illness into an atmospheric page-turner that Booklist says will cause readers to be “swept up by both the terror—and the romance.” When a local girl from a bad neighborhood—known only as Sapphire—is found shot to death, no one seems to care. She was just one of the many lost girls who live their lives invisibly, between the cracks... moreFormerly published as THE BUTTERFLY CLUES, Kate Ellison’s debut novel combines psychological thriller, love story, and a girl’s struggle with mental illness into an atmospheric page-turner that Booklist says will cause readers to be “swept up by both the terror—and the romance.” When a local girl from a bad neighborhood—known only as Sapphire—is found shot to death, no one seems to care. She was just one of the many lost girls who live their lives invisibly, between the cracks. But sixteen-year-old Lo Marin changes all that when she stumbles upon a clue to Sapphire’s murder—a gorgeous and unusual butterfly pin. Lo has always loved to collect beautiful things, and believes she can read the story behind the objects. This one isn’t just speaking to her—it’s screaming. As she becomes helplessly obsessed with the murder, Lo finds herself entangled in a violent underworld with a boy she can’t trust. In this riveting page-turner, one lost girl will track down another in an explosive mystery that may be the end of them all. less