It Wasn't Always Like This (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781616957773)

In 1916, Emma O'Neill is frozen in time. After sampling an experimental polio vaccine brewed on a remote island off St. Augustine, Florida, she and her family stop aging--as do the Ryans, her family's business partners. In a way, this suits Emma fine because she's in love with Charlie Ryan. Being seventeen forever with him is a dream. But soon a group of religious fanatics, the Church of Light, takes note. Drinking the elixir has made the O'Neills and Ryans impervious to aging, but not to murder--Emma and Charlie are the only ones who escape with their lives.

On the run, Emma is tragically separated from Charlie. For the next hundred years, she plays a cat-and-mouse game with the founding members of the Church of Light and their descendants. Over the years, a series of murders--whose victims all bear more than a passing resemblance to her--indicate that her enemies are closing in. Yet as the danger grows, so does Emma's hope for finding the boy she's certain is still out there . . .

Author: Joy Preble
ISBN-10: 1616957778
ISBN-13: 9781616957773
Publisher: Soho Teen
Language: English
Published: 04/18/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d