Title: Hard Nox
Genre: YA Paranormal
Word Count: 85,000
Pitch: Nox Sumner doesn't fear Death, she's pissed as hell at him and has no intention of doing him any favors. Until she realizes the fate of her small town rests on her ability to kill.
Red and blue lights flashed in the rearview mirror, setting Nox Sumner's teeth on edge. She turned to her best friend, Billy, in the driver's seat. "What did you do now?"
"Hell if I know. I wasn't speeding; my lights work. Can't I just go home and drown my math test blues in biscuits and gravy. Is that too much to ask?"
"You don't have any bodies in the trunk or anything, do you? Because I still have time to hop out the window and make a break for it." She grabbed the window crank with tight fingers.
"Very funny." Billy sighed, coasting to the curb.
"Guess who it is." The side-view mirror revealed Sergeant Carris bumbling around inside the cruiser, doing whatever cops do while people wait, hearts pounding to find out what they had done wrong. Flashing lights and sirens made her heart pound for a different reason.
