About the book: year / FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WORLD BESTSELLER “THE BIRD IN A CAGE”. A tense, exciting, powerful psychological thriller with many plot twists. What hurts changes you. Now sixteen-year-old Sayers Waite knows this. Just recently he had everything he could dream of: rich parents, a beautiful girl, a cool car, friendship with the popular guys at school. But that was before he was kidnapped by an unknown person. Sayers found himself locked in the basement in complete darkness. It's impossible to escape. To get out of captivity, he will have to play the role that the kidnapper prepared for him and fulfill his crazy fantasies. Will Sayers escape before he loses touch with reality and his own self? For fans of Karen M. McManus, Natasha Preston, Megan Miranda and Natalie D. Richards. “This book is important and necessary, it is filled with love and hope. It hurt me when I read it. But this is the best kind of pain." —Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Joyful Places Darkroom Etiquette is a heartbreaking, compelling, and hopeful novel that explores survival and recovery from trauma. This book will make you think, and more importantly, it will make you feel emotions." — Jeff Zentner, author of The Serpent King “A gripping, beautiful novel you can't put down. Darkroom Etiquette is nothing short of a masterpiece.” – Amber Smith, author of That's the Way I Was About the Author Robin Rowe is an American writer and teacher. Works with children with psychological trauma. Her debut novel, The Caged Bird, brought her worldwide fame. After publication, the book immediately hit the bestseller list, was nominated for many literary awards and was named the best Young Adult book of the year according to: Goodreads Choice Award, Chapters Indigo, EpicReads, BookPage, Powell's Books, The Texas Library Association, News & Observer, Buzzfeed.