Kiss Kill Love Him Still
Dawn Rae Miller & Jamie Blair
Publication date: November 10th 2015
Genres: Mystery, New Adult
Jackson Landis kept secrets. It’s how he got girls into bed, the grades he wanted, and a reputation for being the life of the party.
But now he’s dead, and no one knows how or why. Especially not the four girls whose secrets he protected. Secrets so scandalous they could cause each girl to lose something valuable. Secrets so dark, someone may have killed for them.
The four girls – a campus drug dealer, an overweight bookworm, a closeted lesbian, and a spoiled princess have one thing in common – they’re terrified the things Jackson knew may not have died with him. As Reggie, Haddie, Val, and Livie try to piece together her own role in Jackson’s death, each girl realizes Jackson had some not-so-pretty skeletons of his own.
Which makes a girl wonder, who really wanted Jackson Landis dead?
Suspect Profile: Haddie Eubanks
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 160 lbs
Hair: Long, light brown
Eyes: Light brown
Demeanor: Polite, eager to please
Motivation for killing Jackson Landis: She wrote his term paper in exchange for sex.
Weight: 160 lbs
Hair: Long, light brown
Eyes: Light brown
Demeanor: Polite, eager to please
Motivation for killing Jackson Landis: She wrote his term paper in exchange for sex.
Haddie: I’d do anything to help find the person who took Jackson’s life.
McMichaels: What was your relationship with Jackson Landis?
Haddie: We were friends. I work in the library and helped him write a paper.
McMichaels: Nothing more? Did you harbor any deeper feelings for him?
Haddie: I’d be lying if I said Jackson wasn’t charming and very good-looking. Most any girl on campus would tell you that.
McMichaels: But you never acted on your attraction?
Haddie: No.
McMichaels: That ring you’re twisting on your finger, is that a purity ring?
Haddie: Yes. I promised my father I’d stay a virgin until marriage.
McMichaels: And if you don’t?
Haddie: I don’t get my trust fund when I graduate.
McMichaels: Is your father a controlling man, Haddie?
Haddie: He means well. He just wants the best for me.
McMichaels: Are you afraid of your dad?
Haddie: I have no reason to be afraid of him.
McMichaels: If you broke your promise of purity, what would he do?
Haddie: I told you—
McMichaels: What we he do to the guy you slept with?
Haddie: What are you saying?
McMichaels: I’m saying, thanks for coming in. You’ve given me a lot to follow up on.
Suspect
Profile: Olivia “Livie” Barnes
Height: 5’1”
Weight: 105 lbs
Hair: Shoulder length, blond and wavy.
Eyes: Hazel
Demeanor: Agitated. Hysterical.
Manipulative
Motivation for killing Jackson Landis: His chronic cheating, which she
claims to have no knowledge of.
Livie: Are we
done, Officer Ruiz? I have a full afternoon of shopping ahead of me.
Ruiz: “You’ve
only been here for a half an hour. Shopping can wait.”
Livie: I had
nothing to do with Jax’s death. Why would I? He was my boyfriend. He gave me
everything I wanted.”
Ruiz: He wasn’t
exactly faithful.
Livie: And you
can prove that how? Have other girls told you that? Wouldn’t that make them
suspects too? Why are you only torturing me?
Ruiz: I can’t
discuss that with you, and we are not torturing you. We’re questioning you.
(Long pause)
Livie: Arrest me or
let me go. I know my rights, and I have nothing left to say to you without my
attorney.
Ruiz: Very well,
you may go, but I’m sure we’ll be speaking again soon.
Livie: Whatever.
Suspect
Profile: Regina “Reggie” Walker
Height: 5’8”
Weight: 117 lbs
Hair: Long, dyed black
Eyes: Dark brown
Demeanor: Sarcastic, aloof
Motivation
for killing Jackson Landis: He knew she was dealing drugs.
Officer
McMichaels: Get your feet off the desk.
Regina: Just
getting comfortable for this long, boring-ass questioning. How about a cup of
coffee?
McMichaels: Did Jackson
Landis buy from you?
Regina: Hell yes,
how do you think I got my patch?
McMichaels: Your patch?
Regina: My cookie
sales patch—wait, aren’t we talking about Girl Scouts?
McMichaels: Laugh it
up. You and I both know it’s only a matter of time before we bust you and throw
you behind bars.
Regina: Whatever
you say, Chief.
McMichaels:
Were you under the influence of drugs the night Jackson died?
Regina: High on
life. As always.
McMichaels: And
Jackson?
Regina: Isn’t that
what autopsies are for?
McMichaels: Who do you
work for?
Regina:
Your dad.
McMichaels: We’re done
here.
Regina: I didn’t
realize we’d even started.
Suspect
Profile: Valerie “Val” Ortiz
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 125 lbs
Hair: Brunette. Long.
Eyes: Brown
Demeanor: Haughty. Fidgety. Can’t focus.
Motivation
for killing Jackson Landis: He knew she was bi-sexual.
Officer
Ruiz: Val, you need to answer my questions.
Val: Why? All
they do is make me look like a criminal.
Ruiz: Are you?
Val: Isn’t that
your job? To prove my guilt. Why would I help you with that?
Ruiz: This is
getting us nowhere. The longer you stonewall, the longer we sit here.
Val: That’s fine.
I have nowhere to go and nothing to do.
Ruiz: But you’re
hands are shaking. You need a drink – something stiff, don’t you?
Val: I don’t
need alcohol if that’s what you’re asking.
Ruiz:
Were you drinking the night Jackson died?
Val: Yes.
Ruiz: Maybe that’s
why you don’t remember anything? You had a black out?
Val: It happens.
Ruiz: Have you
had anything to drink today?
Val: A few. But
you can’t book me on that. I’m of legal age and didn’t drive anywhere. I’ve
done nothing wrong.
Ruiz: Fine. I’m
letting you go, but don’t leave town. We’re going to have to talk to you again
- when you’re sober.
Val: Then I’ll
see you never.
Author Bio:
About Jamie:
Young adult author of the Kirkus-starred novel Leap Of Faith (Simon & Schuster 2013), and Lost To Me (2014), featured in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling anthology, Dirty Boys of Summer. Represented by Rebecca Friedman of RF Literary.
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About Dawn:
Dawn is a Twitter and fashion addict whose favorite things in life are her family, gorgeous dresses, tea leaf salad, and French macarons. She splits her time between San Francisco and Northern Virginia, and is always up for a trip to Paris.
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