Roses Are Dead

One month. One mystery. One survivor. 

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After a fire kills sixteen-year-old Alexandra, her siblings, and the girl she loves, they’re given a choice: stay in the afterlife forever or compete against each other in a redemption competition set in the real world a month before the fire. Only one of them can return to life. The rest will be erased from existence forever.

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As the Rebirth Trials begin, Alexandra’s second chance is determined by her ability to fix the worst mistakes she made the month leading up to her death. Falling back into old habits means elimination. But someone is altering the past to rig the competition. If the culprit succeeds, she’ll stay dead forever. 

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Alexandra is sure there’s already a grave with her name on it. Her temper has already cost her a basketball scholarship, ruined friendships, and convinced her father she’s a destructive mess. But dying again means losing the chance to redeem herself, and winning means losing her siblings and the love of her life.

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To win her life back, Alexandra must keep the fires inside her from burning, while fixing history and stopping the person responsible for changing it. And she can’t do it alone. But trusting the others could send her back to the afterlife, and one of them may be the person changing history.