The Necklace — Robin Friedman

Former heartbreaker Chip Ackerman is eighteen years old, super-sexy, and in love for the first time. But Chip must part with Cassandra Schreiber, the girl he loves, and the beauty of the Catskills, the place he calls home.Forced to return to the crowded squalor of the Lower East Side in New York City, Chip is tempted by an irreparable betrayal he'll regret forever.This evocative sequel to The Fence, set in the old New York City of the 1930s, explores the heartbreak and hardship of a young man conflicted between love and loyalty.