 
Also by Lurlene McDaniel:
Prey
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Charming, handsome, and athletic, Travis Morrison is on top of the world. He is about to begin his senior year and is looking forward to bringing his dive team to championship status. But during a recreational summer dive at the lake, Travis breaks his leg. At the hospital, he is diagnosed with bone cancer, and the leg is amputated.
This is not a story about a boy who overcomes the adversity of a prosthetic limb. Instead of healing and despite chemo, the cancer spreads. Within a year’s time, our young hero is slowly withering away, and the pain he endures becomes more than he can bear.
Unwilling to let the disease win and knowing it will claim his life, he is determined to cheat the cancer by ending his life on his own terms. He tries to talk his parents into signing a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order, but they refuse. Desperate, Travis turns to his little sister, his best friend, and his girlfriend for help. But can any of them help kill the boy they love?
In her newest offering, bestselling author Lurlene McDaniel pens another winner. Written in the distinct voices of the four main characters, it gives readers a firsthand look at euthanasia from differing points of view. Although this is difficult subject matter, McDaniel unfurls it in a way that exposes all sides.
Breathless is similar in style to the many adult novels written by Jodi Picoult and leaves the reader wondering if there really is a right side and a wrong side to any issue, or if it is all simply grays.
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Breathless