Kirjahaku

At five my parents died in a horrible car crash changing my life for the worst. I was thrust into a life I never expected and had to learn to adapt in order to survive, no matter the cost. Soon I was shuffled into the foster system becoming a lost child with no ties. My roommate and mortal enemy divulged a troubling rumor about my parents, forcing me to question everything I knew.Even worse I realized I had a gift ... or a curse that allowed me to see and interact in the spiritual realm. It was only a matter of time before I learned ghosts weren't always trustworthy and some had hidden motives. They become part of my life; past, present and future. I no longer knew who to trust or who to run from.When I met my half-sister I thought my problems were over or at least the odds were looking better until their dirty little secrets spilled over into my life and well-being. Enough was enough I planned my revenge against those who harmed me using my spiritual talent. It was all that I had and gave me an edge.Will Scarlett overcome the demons of her past or succumb to them?

Box set includes In the Beginning, Moonlighting is Paris, City by the Bay, and Bite the Big Apple. Abandoned at 12, Baby Girl is forced to face the harsh realities of life and struggles to find her path. She forages for sustenance, steals from the wealthy, and sleeps in any dark hole she can find. A 'family' of sorts forms between her and a band of other youngsters. Together they fight for survival, friendship, and love in the midst, but that is only the beginning. Life throws her one curve ball after another until secrets are revealed and the search for her true origins begins and ends with the powerful truth.

Pressured by two bullies at school, Isandro takes them into his father's study in search of something he saw, something that he hopes will make the teasing stop. It's there they find a secret room and the voice begins. It calls Isandro, pulls him into its clutches, and he discovers what the secret room really houses. It isn't the only nightmare he faces. His parents have kept secrets from him that may cost him his very lifeblood.

Storm has lived her life to the fullest. Nestled in her favorite spot during a snowstorm she recalls the events of her life from her earliest memories of resisting birth and losing that futile battle to finding her true love and their beautiful family. There are monkey wrenches thrown in at every turn as she struggles. Life continues to dismay her until she can't take it anymore and embarks on a journey. She is a lost soul with no destination, a wandering heart until something happens, something so incredible she could have never imagined it Through her harrowing and dark story, she finds light, purpose and true love. Her story is anyone's story.

It's a normal day for Sunshine as she takes the seat at her desk as receptionist at the Lyden Times until the tragedy of a young nameless woman floods the newsroom. Her head and body covered in bloody gashes and fresh bruises. Sunshine forms an immediate interest and digs into her life.After learning her identity, Eilida, she pokes around her hometown where she is mistaken for Eilida. Soon Sunshine's world crashes. Everything she loved begins to fade. She trades in her skirts and heels for jeans and sneakers. A ghost avails itself to her and a man with eyes dark as coal stalks her dreams and waking nightmares. Her fianc worries as he can't wrap his mind around her transformation yet refuses to let go.Time ticks down as their wedding date approaches on the anniversary of a day that changed Eilida's life forever...

Cleo's mom disappears and with no other family she is all alone.In order to survive she leaves the only home she's ever known, a run-down shack and hits the streets of the city. She can hide easily, blending into the crowds and eats scraps from the dumpsters. Her journey there spent jumping trains, running from menacing strangers and witnessing an unspeakable crime.On the streets she meets a group of lost children led by a boy they call Einstein. For the first time, she feels like she's part of a family. The children resort to petty crimes in the name of survival. Cleo and Einstein fall in love, even as their little family falls apart.Cleo and Einstein are ready to risk everything for a normal life and love. Will tragedy strike and deny them? Or will love and friendship prevail?

The Bloodseeker book everyone has been waiting for, written by the first Bloodseeker - Lars.Whispers through the darkness and quiet knowing glances tell us something is afoot. An event that will change the status of power. For centuries we have ruled with no consequence but the powers are shifting. I feel it, the Crimson Queen feels it.She has gifted us with compulsion, telepathy, immortality, and extreme speed. But with any gift comes a curse. We can't survive in the daylight and remember little of our lives before the thirst. I am a Bloodseeker. We are Bloodseekers. Our thirst fuels the pyramid that gives what our Queen created - life.I fight for the lingering pieces of my humanity and the woman who has stolen my heart.

Cleo is running again from the faceless enemies of her past and she is determined to know who it is.The glamourous Justine Holmes becomes Shanna Nu. A moppy-headed plain-Jane searching for work in San Francisco. She lands a job at La Tige Detective Agency and uses the resources available to her to seek her enemies but instead finds the keys to her heart.La Tige is a hard-edged detective. He's sloppy, crude and lacks in social graces but has a heart of gold. A familial bond forms between them as he shows her the affection and love she's so desperately sought. He also provides clues to the mystery surrounding her birth and biological family.La Tige isn't the only new man in her life. Fetch with his devilish good looks and silver eyes sweeps Cleo off her feet. Their relationship blossoms until she's forced to make a decision concerning the mystery surrounding her life.Danger lurks and every answered question leads to another unanswered one, leading her towards the dangerous truth...

Hot on the trail of her birth and mysterious biological family Cleo lands in New York.She continues her guise as Shanna Nu and lands a job at Briggs International owned by one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the country. Tired of running and determined to solve the mystery she stands her ground, fighting for love and her true identity.The once vulnerable runaway she was has transformed into a resilient young woman who's ready to take a bite out of the Big Apple.

After the death of my parents, my grandmother took me in; deep in the bayou of Louisiana. She fell ill soon after and I was left in the care of my aunt and uncle who mistreated me because of the color of my skin. My cousin brutally tormented me for years and within that time I learned I had a special sight that allowed me to see events in the future. Not happy events, but death. I was the grim reaper's handmaiden.My grandmother recovered after some time and sent me to the Ella Louise School for Girls. Plunged into a new world, I escaped my tormenters only to learn the unspoken truths of the south weren't escapable. The family secrets that haunted my childhood also plagued my future. It was up to me to dig up the buried truth and set it free. Only sometimes the past maybe better left in the past...