Gabriella Batel

Gabriella Batel is a young and vibrant young Catholic woman with an adrenaline craving and a passion for God, her family, movies, and all things YA fiction. Don't is her debut novel, and she's already working on the next thrill ride.  

"This ambitious debut novel...marks this young author as one to watch." —Corinna Turner, author of the Carnegie Nominated I Am Margaret series

Don't play. I saw you.

Paityn’s awake. Her near-terminal lupus keeps her that way. That’s how she crosses Tony Suarez again. That’s how she becomes the only witness to something she wasn’t supposed to see.

The first time, Tony shot Paityn’s stepfather. Now he wants Paityn. He wants to keep her quiet about what she saw. And the best way to keep Paityn quiet is to silence her family.

But Paityn’s not going to let Tony touch her family—not while she’s still alive. And she’s not dead yet.