Shadowed Strength (Shadowed #1)

She should have run. She should not have taken that shortcut. The long way was well-lit by unbroken streetlights. She shouldn’t have decided to walk home by herself. She shouldn't have been here at all! She hadn't even wanted to go to that damn party. She knew she'd regret it. But not like this. She never imagined this would ever have happened to her.

At 16, Melanie Johnson is a typical teenage girl. She has a BFF she adores, a mad crush on her good friend Jeremy, and an evil Barbie doll that destroys her self-esteem on a regular basis.
One fateful night, after being humiliated at a party, Melanie is attacked and nearly raped as she walks home. A mysterious dog appears out of nowhere, just in the nick of time, saves her and then disappears just as quickly. No one saw him but her. And the man who tried to rape her.
In the wake of the attack, Melanie tries to pull her life back together with the help of Jeremy, who realizes he has feelings for her beyond friendship. Just as things start to go her way, she starts to receive creepy notes from her attacker, promising to finish what he started. And to make things more complicated, Jeremy has a dark secret that Melanie's not sure she can accept.
Can Melanie and Jeremy reveal the identity of her stalker before he attacks again? Will Jeremy's secret tear them apart?
And will the mysterious dog save her in the end, like he did in the beginning?

**This is a YA Paranormal Romance intended for teens and adults 16+ due to language and sexual situations.