Previously published  as By-pass

From USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!

It’s better when she’s happy.

Bobby is a geeky teen who is convinced that his new foster home is everything he has ever hoped for.

His foster mom Katya is so different than any he has ever had; but as her behavior becomes more and more unpredictable and disturbing, he comes to realize that both he and Katya’s daughter Zane are in trouble.

The crazy thing is, Bobby doesn’t want to leave her, and new revelations from Bobby’s own forgotten past throw his quest for a real family into further turmoil.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Poignant and heart wrenching but at the same time exciting, thrilling edge of your seat unputdownable

If you enjoy gritty contemporary young adult books like those by John Green and Stephen Chbosky, give P.D. Workman’s Breaking the Pattern series a try.

By the author of Tattooed Teardrops, winner of the Top Fiction Award, In the Margins Committee, 2016, Bobby’s efforts to make a place for himself with Katya and Zane will enthrall you and keep you guessing.

Start your journey today!

—Absolutely intriguing story! I loved it! The story line was amazing it kept me wanting to read, and wonder what was going to happen

—By-Pass is a book that will make you think, laugh at times and cry a lot. It was a very good story, emotional and sensitive but also happy a lot of times too. I loved the Breaking the Pattern Series from the first book to the last page of the third book

—An inspiring theme about changing direction in life

Author Notes may contain spoilers!

Bobby was a background character in Henry’s and Sandy’s stories. As you have read, he did not get off to a good start in life. He started out with a lot of strikes against him. 

Having grown up in foster care, we now meet up with him again as he is moved to Katya’s home. Katya is nothing like any foster parent Bobby has had before. 

But things aren’t always what they look like from the outside. And there are a lot of things from the past that Bobby hasn’t dealt with. 

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