Crossing Lines is a raw, grounded 16+ young adult trilogy that follows Tinker, a care-experienced teenager whose intelligence and reliability make him visible to the wrong people - and dangerously useful.
Across three interconnected novels, the series explores how county lines exploitation really works: not through sudden violence, but through trust, praise, responsibility, and the promise of belonging.
Book One - The Wrong Kind of Family shows how vulnerable young people are groomed into exploitation, how "family" language is used to create loyalty, and how crossing lines often happens quietly, without realising it’s happening at all.