Time and distance can test any friendship. However, Laney Thomas believes she and her friends are the exception. It has always been the five of them - Lisa, Evan, Caleb, Timmy, and her - and nothing will change that. Not even college.
When the friends come home for their last summer together, the bond they've shared since childhood, is strong as ever. But when Laney wakes up two-months later and learns she is the only survivor of a car accident that has claimed the lives of Caleb, Lisa, and Timmy, Laney realizes the world she has awakened to, is not the one she remembers.
One thing that hasn't changed is Evan, the only friend not in the car that night. As long as he is by her side, the grief won't swallow Laney whole. But when Evan disappears without explanation, Laney is forced to navigate her new world alone - haunted by the stark reality of the present and memories of the past that reveal painful truths of the friendship she always cherished.
Set in the fictional town of Lake Haven, Maine, EVOKE examines the complexities of love and loss, and the friendships that forever change us.

D.M. Simmons is a writer of Young Adult and New Adult fiction. She studied literature, creative writing and communications at University of the Pacific and has published several short stories in anthologies. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family where she is a PR consultant and writer. For news and updates visit www.dmsreadwrite.com.