Caught my girlfriend riding some other guy, lost my job, and ended up back in my old room at home just before summer break from college. You could say things weren't going well for me. To make matters worse, I discovered that my sister had 'flowered' in my absence, and it's rather impossible not to notice. I'm in deep trouble.
For centuries a secret cult of women has used the magical properties of an amulet to make themselves beautiful, rich and powerful. When their queen dies, the amulet disappears in its quest to find, or be found by, a new owner. A thousand miles away, a fat, teen nerd finds a shiny bauble lying in some mud.
After his father is killed at work, young Billy and his mother get closer, in this first chapter, there's very little sex, but towards the end, they meet up with some people my regular readers may recognize!