A Modern-Day Retelling of Great Expectations
“Fascinating and engrossing, Bred was an unexpected breath of fresh air. These characters are so real you want to reach out and touch – or slap – them. Angsty, achy, suspenseful, surprising, sweet and sultry, too, this book is like nothing I’ve read and yet, in its homage to Dickens it is soothing in its familiarity. I loved it. One of my favorite reads this year!” Bestselling Author Dylan Allen
“A perfect re-imagining of “Great Expectations” with a beautiful rich cold boy and a poor girl with her heart on her sleeve delivering all of the angst and emotion you could hope for.” NYT & USA Today Bestseller – Kylie Scott
“An unlikely friendship between two beautifully, broken kids that I cheered on from the first page to the last.” – Kim Holden, Bestselling Author of Bright Side
“Ginger Scott beautifully articulates the angst and uncertainty of love coming of age in BRED. Deftly wielding cynicism and wonder with the same steady skill, she bravely reimagines a Dickens classic and infuses it with a modern sensibility that makes for a story you can’t put down.” – Bestselling Author Kennedy Ryan
ABOUT THE BOOK
A coming-of-age romance inspired by Great Expectations
My life was irrevocably changed the moment I stepped foot inside Elena Alderman’s grand front doors. A lifeless tomb on the edge of Chicago’s Southside, the Alderman home sat in one of the city’s oldest and wealthiest neighborhoods, and Elena Alderman was the queen.
She was also mad.
Not the kind of madness that’s readily apparent. No, her psychopathy was far more surgical—more…insidious. She was surrounded by beautiful things—most notably her grand piano and her adopted son, Henry.
I fell in love with both.
My gift blossomed when my fingers touched her black and white keys. But my life began when I became haunted by the boy. Henry Alderman was a handsome blend of arrogance and seduction, and as we grew up together, I found it more and more impossible to separate him from my thoughts. I envied his life. I imagined how my name—Lily—would look with his. I became his closest friend…and more. I gave him my kiss, locked away his secrets, and loved him even when it was hard to.
But we were just a game. Elena Alderman made the rules. And when she decided to change them, she broke everything.
Almost.