Book excerpt: The author of The Doormat Chronicles does it again! Believing she will be spending her life solitary and unfettered, young Tawney Thompson embarks into the uncharted waters of adulthood learning more about relationships than she bargained for. She had hoped her education would prepare her for independence, but when campus life turns gruesome she realizes her strength is in the very bonds which she thought she had surpassed. But will Tawney's education prepare her to recognize that some relationships can prove to be fatal? The Spring House Theory is stirring and fast-paced. You won't be able to put it down!