Youth Suspense

With the snow falling fast on a New Hampshire mansion, seven 20-somethings gather for a weekend that will change their lives irrevocably. The extravagant trip to celebrate Will and Jessica's upcoming nuptials brings together a cast of characters who know each other from Ivy League schools and childhood Upper East Side haunts. There is Lulu, an LA-based Instagram influencer; Maxie, a former Park Avenue princess, now Midwestern housewife; Yael, an ER doctor from Ohio; Rob, a colorless Wall Street trader; Will, a morality-obsessed lawyer; Jessica, Will’s perfectionist bride-to-be....

When your dad funds the Swift Academy of Science and Technology, you’re bound to have a bunch of tech at your disposal. So no one bats an eye when Tom and his best friend, Noah, test their new virtual reality drone before class. At the academy, once class starts and the drone is parked, their brainiac friends then launch into farfetched discussions about the curriculum. And when they watch a documentary about the FBI’s most wanted hackers from the '80s, they quickly start speculating that the academy custodian is one of them.

The Sugar Creek Gang discovers a "disguise" hidden in a old tree. Does it belong to the bank robber hiding in the swamp? A mysterious map hidden near the tree proves to be even more exciting than the disguise. Before the adventure ends, the gang encounters the robber, helps Bill Collins welcome a new baby sister, and saves the victim of a black widow spider bite. Join the gang as they learn the lesson of sowing and reaping.

A GRIPPING NOVEL • Friendship, loyalty, and sacrifice are just some of the convoluted plot’s facets in a story that reveals life’s ups and downs. Rubby Jam is both an entertaining and terrifying glimpse of contemporary life and love. “An impressive debut.”–Sabrina (The Book Loving Panda) “It could be a movie on the big screen.”–Eva Recinella (Between The Bookend) Eric, a handsome young man, falls for Estie, a gorgeous, free-spirited stripper who likes living on the edge. Her uninhibited world, so different from his, intrigues him, and he is curious to find out more. At the...

“Chilling...satisfying...offers up tasty tidbits of San Francisco lore . . . [Russell] has a gift for dialogue, slyly using it to reveal character.”—New York Times Book Review San Francisco P.I. Stuart Winter looks into the death of a young, deaf heiress who volunteered as a sign language instructor—for a gorilla who may have witnessed her murder. “Polished and provocative...a California mystery of the hard-boiled school...very well written, with a corking good plot and fine characters.”—Booklist “Remarkable...[hops] from avant-garde theater to a deaf school, from winos’ ...

The Sugar Creek Gang continues to struggle with their new teacher, Mr. Black. They cause some of the trouble for themselves when they build a snowman that looks a lot like him and he stumbles across it. Then someone outside the gang tries to frame the Sugar Creek Gang by putting a board over the chimney at school. Learn important lessons about honesty and respect with the Sugar Creek Gang.

Aja Minor goes undercover. The target, an international child trafficking ring. When her cover is blown, the mission and her life are in jeopardy. Fresh off of the Peace Sign Killer case, Aja Minor is asked to join a joint CIA-FBI task force based in New York City. There, she joins a team whose aim is to take down the Fountain of Youth network - an international child trafficking and exploitation ring. When Aja is asked to go undercover for the first time, all doesn’t go as planned.

For fans of the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine and Lockwood & Co. comes a bone-chilling mystery about a boy who uncovers dark secrets hidden under the moonlight of his new neighborhood. Moving to a new neighborhood is tough, but for twelve-year-old Bryan Callahan...it's a nightmare. Twelve-year-old Bryan never wanted to move, but when his father’s latest invention fails, his family is forced to pack up their things and move to a house on Blacktree Lane. Bryan quickly realizes his new neighborhood is anything but normal. All the houses are eerily identical, and the new neighbors––...

A time‑twisting adventure where identity, courage, and destiny get a second chance She expected her trip to North Carolina to be simple — a quiet visit with her aloof daughter and a chance to tour Revolutionary War sites and museums. Instead, the sixty‑year‑old, self‑employed website designer ends up following a troubled stranger up a mountain trail… and plunges straight through a time portal. She wakes in the backwoods of Revolutionary War–era North Carolina with a body decades younger, a mind wiped clean, and no memory of who she is — or why a rugged mountain man insists ...

Camping in the north woods, fishing, boating and hiking all suddenly become commonplace experiences to the members of the Sugar Creek Gang as they learn about the rites of Chippewa burial ceremonies from a real live Indian. But that is not all that happens as they visit the Indian cemetery.

Lindsey Aeon has a secret—and it's not just her undercover identity. Twenty years ago, a hike in the Florida wilderness changed her life forever. After falling into a mysterious pool of cool, shimmering water, Lindsey emerged... different. She hasn’t aged a day since, and her body now boasts rapid healing, enhanced strength, speed, and agility. These extraordinary abilities make her an exceptional FBI agent, but they also make her life anything but ordinary. Now, Lindsey’s latest assignment takes her to Philadelphia, where she must go deep undercover to infiltrate a powerful mob ...

When Eddie wakes up in his neighbor the judge's yard after a particularly vivid dream and with no recollection of how he got there, the trouble begins. Someone or something has caused mischief in the judge's chicken coop, harming his prized rooster. No matter what Eddie says, the judge is convinced he is the culprit and must be punished accordingly.

A young female police officer, in Sienna Monroe’s new home town in Tennessee, was killed in the line of duty. Accidentally? For the last six months, amateur sleuth, Sienna Monroe, has helped solve mysteries around the town. Cases that the police either didn't have the patience to solve, or the time to commit to doing it properly. The autumn season was quiet, until... Painful memories of the death of her husband Jack, a veteran cop from Los Angeles, are stirred up. When Sienna hears that the young woman’s death may not be all that it appears, she can’t help but offer her amateur sleuth...

Book 7 – The Eternal Series Sometimes destiny is stronger than the obstacles standing in your way Philippe had been a 13 year old vampire for more than 150 years. Now he finds himself with an adult body complete with adult hormones, and no clue how to handle it all. And, becoming an overnight chick magnet has complicated things with Nadia, the only woman he has ever loved…secretly. The problem is he’s stuck in her friend zone, especially since her own recent changes are wreaking havoc on her life? Nadia is just your average girl, who just happens to be a druid…with almost no magical...

A summer of freedom. A party that changed everything. Dana and Liri set out on their big trip the way so many young Israelis do—landing in Costa Rica with backpacks, loose plans, and a hunger for adventure. Along a remote stretch of jungle coast, they stumble upon a hidden camp, where they meet three surfers who will change the course of their journey. Months later, back in Israel, the group reunites at a desert music festival to celebrate new beginnings. As dawn approaches, their world is shattered. Joy turns to terror, and survival depends on every decision. Inspired by real events at ...

Dylan and his little sister, Emily, don’t go anywhere without Dylan’s detective kit. Their trusty dog, Theodore, is always by their sides, ready to lend a helping paw. While the kids are away at camp, the Camp Leaf games trophy goes missing. Together with some old friends and a few new ones, Dylan and Emily set off to track down the trophy.

With a disagreeable and dishonorable, yet vaguely charming lout at its core, Leo the Liar is an amusing and unpredictable family drama from Bernie Donnelly. After not seeing his father for decades, Leo decides to make the jump from Dublin to Florida and reconnect with the long-lost Milo. Awkwardness aside, Leo has grown up to be a smooth-talking liar, a charmer with a silver tongue, a conman with motives that are difficult to suss out. Not only that, but an attraction from Leo's new stepmother threatens to rock the boat of familiar normalcy. Peppered with clever turns of phrase and tense ...

Set against the backdrop of 1980s Dublin, The Tan Yards by Robert E. Kearns weaves a haunting narrative of tradition, tension, and retribution. In a forgotten tract of land known as the Tan Yards, (a relic of a former village's extinct tanning trade), local youths gather each October to build a Halloween bonfire; a ritual that binds their community in primal celebration. Amidst the flickering flames and fleeting alliances, the story unveils the dark legacy of the Prizeman family, whose brutish presence looms large over the neighborhood. When Victor Prizeman, a volatile and feared outsider, ...

Reb glanced over at Orville. “Dump him.” “What? Wait. I know a way to get up there without being seen.” “Start talking,” Reb said. The man explained about a hidden door behind a group of rocks which was used as a quick escape route. “Are we done with him, boss?” Reb nodded. Orville pulled the man up, then Reb knocked him out. Reb gazed at Orville. “Here, help me tie him and gag him.” Orville frowned. “I liked the idea of dumping him over the ledge.” Reb grinned. “I was tempted.” Reb smiled at Orville. “Taylor is trying to make a better man out of me.”

Imagine youngsters lost in the wilds of a remote island in the Caribbean or a mysterious African game preserve where they have few tools or resources to survive. These three fictional episodes are about how one might survive threatening situations with a little luck and heaps of ingenuity. These stories are about survival, adventure, compromise, and respect. Respect between two brothers who will fight to survive unbelievable threats to their lives. Each of the stories are riveting and suspenseful with shocking twists.