Kirjahaku

Two sisters. Both want a way out. Both have a plan... Jess's life hasn't turned out the way she had hoped. She's smart and excels at school. She's got a job, a head for business and a plan for the future. But she's fallen into the role of caregiver and sole provider for her heroin-addicted mother and delinquent older sister Nova. Nova holds a high-profile position in a local girl gang. Despite common sense, Jess idolizes her sister's life. It seems to be one of excitement, camaraderie and freedom, and Jess wants in. Nova knows that gang life isn't for her sister, but Jess insists. After one explosive argument, Nova betrays Jess and leaves her to fend for herself. Jess takes her future into her own hands and joins a rival gang. It's just what she needs, but it's also a decision that leads her down a path of unforeseen consequences. The rough neighborhoods of South Central L. A. erupt with violence over one blazing summer night as two gangs, two sisters, wage war on each other. Loved The Outsiders and Boyz 'n the Hood? Try Tied today, because who doesn't want to experience the world of tough, streetwise girl gangs of South Central L.A. Get it now. Note: This novel contains strong language and gang violence.

After fifteen years in prison, your fears follow you out.Now ex-con Sam Shaw must face his worst fear or be eaten alive.Paroled for five months, Sam maintains a low income apartment in the Bronx. The building is his life now. He's proud of his home, the source of his meager livelihood.Beneath the streets, a new breed of rat has moved in. These rats are bigger, smarter, and they hunger for living flesh... preferably human. Soon, mysterious disappearances begin and a familiar fear awakens in Sam.When his estranged son Bradley arrives for an extended visit, Sam adds one more fear to his plate: how to be a dad.Sam knows when he's met his match and enlists the help of crew of rat experts. What he doesn't anticipate is being brought along for the ride. After all, it's his home he's defending. He's forced to face his fears or risk an unpleasant death for himself, his son and everyone in the building.Buy Vermin 2.0 today, because who doesn't enjoy immersing themselves in a page-turning tale of man versus beast.Get it now.

An impossible choice. A race against time.How far would you go to save the life of your child?A photographer with an eye for life, Deanna has lived through her lens her entire professional career. Together with her workaholic husband Max and her baseball-loving teenage son Alex, they've carved out a somewhat normal life for themselves in a suburb of Seattle.An unexpected pregnancy changes everything. Her newborn son David is diagnosed with cancer. Deanna's life quickly focuses on her frantic need for a cure. Max, however, has other ideas.Based on his own troubled and secretive past, Max challenges Deanna to consider quality of life versus quantity. Deanna chooses to seek treatment options alone and risks not just the life of David, but her relationship with her family as well.Alex is caught in the middle, left to navigate this family crisis on his own. An unexpected friendship may offer the perspective he needs.Buy David's Summer today, because who doesn't enjoy emotionally rich and compelling family dramas that draw you into their bittersweet world.Get it now.

"Get snipped," they said. "It will solve all your problems," they said.Famous last words...Five years ago, it was love at first sight. Now, Ted and Iris live on autopilot as tumbleweeds roll through their bedroom. The lack of sex is driving him crazy. Iris's solution to their sexual woes: get snipped.Kunal and Ray, Ted's best friends and sworn enemies of Iris, agree with her for once. All roads seem to lead to a surgical solution, but Ted's not going there... until an explosive argument changes everything. A vasectomy seems like Ted's only play to win Iris back.After a series of mishaps involving his precocious next-door neighbor, some ill-conceived decisions, and an unexpected meeting, Ted risks losing everything important in his life, including his nuts.With its bawdy humor and unexpected twists, Snipped will have you laughing out loud as you root for Ted to find the love he's been missing.Laugh out loud today with Snipped, because who doesn't love a sometimes raunchy, sometimes cringe-worthy comedy with a down-on-his-luck hero you can get behind.Buy it now.

Spiders. Over 35,000 species. Every person on Earth eaten in one year. Now there's one more... a ravenous eight-legged hybrid thousands of years in the making and bigger than a dozen burritos.After a summer of exterminator training in New York, Bradley returns home ready to face his senior year with renewed confidence. But fate gets in the way of his grand teenage plans - especially when eight legs attack instead of four.And these aren't your typical, everyday spiders. Their newly acquired taste for raw meat has them casting a wide net over Bradley's sleepy San Fernando suburb. It doesn't take them long to scramble up the food chain.Add a vengeful ex-girlfriend casting a web of lies into the mix, and things get downright sticky.But Detest-A-Pest can't resist a challenge. Sam and O'Connor rejoin Bradley and his inventive friends as they wage war on an infestation of spiders poised to swallow not only the high school, but the neighborhood and everyone within...

A playground for the rich. A genetic mutation a thousand years old. A relentless hunger for human flesh. What could go wrong?Harry Harcourt has a problem. People are dying at exclusive golf resort Mar-A-Verde. As head greenskeeper, it's up to him to "fix" the problem and keep the course open... or face termination. But it's not one problem, it's a vast network of vicious problems, all under the turf.As bodies pile up, resident doctor Daniela Trejo joins Harry in the fight. Together, they capture a creature unlike anything on Earth - acid skin and razor-sharp fangs with agility that matches its appetite. But the creature escapes.Outmatched and outnumbered, Harry seeks outside help. No one wants to touch the job - no one except Detest-A-Pest. O'Connor, Sam, and Hope hit the road for what looks like an easy payday in a tropical paradise. What awaits them is a journey through hell that has gruesome death hiding in every shadow...

Dreamwakers are like fire... they burn when they're hot. And some are a living nightmare.By accident, sixteen-year-old Wynter discovers her power to summon dreamwakers - people born from dreams that exist in physical form. Her friends have trouble believing her power exists, until she makes herself a boyfriend.But dreamwakers come with rules and free will... and everyone knows teenagers and rules don't mix. Before Wynter can figure them out, her new boyfriend goes rogue and hooks up with Jezebel, the town psychopath.Every day Wynter and her dreamwaker remain apart chips away more of her life force. Her friends help her wage a battle of brains versus brawn... but Jezebel has the luck of the devil on her side.Navigating between dreams and reality is harder than it looks, and the fight may leave Wynter a prisoner of her own mind.

Controlling a rogue dreamwaker holds an addictive power. But those adrift in a mind-altering limbo can still unleash payback... with a little help from their friends."Find me..."Cash can't ignore Wynter's last words before her mind trapped her between dreams and reality. He would do anything for Wynter but finding her means finding her dreamwaker boyfriend. Cash must balance jealousy and loyalty or risk fracturing a lifelong friendship.Jezebel continues her reign of terror, with Wynter's dreamwaker boyfriend enslaved at her side. After realizing his error, the dreamwaker makes amends with Cash and Wynter's friends, and forms a plan to reunite with Wynter.In retaliation, Jezebel targets Wynter's family with an act of extreme revenge that devastates the neighborhood.While the town sheriff builds his case against Jezebel, Cash picks up the pieces left by Jezebel's fury and sets into motion the plan to find Wynter and reunite her with her dreamwaker. But no plan is perfect, especially when Jezebel doesn't get what she wants.

Everyone makes mistakes, even psychopaths. This time, the mistake is murder, and the evidence may lie in plain sight.Free from her mental prison but with her sanity crumbling, Wynter and her friends take advantage of Jezebel's injuries and double their efforts to reunite her with her dreamwaker boyfriend.Despite her vulnerabilities, Jezebel discovers that she can wield her dreamwaker power from beyond her hospital bed. But she forgets to acknowledge a dreamwaker's free will.When a mysterious murder rocks the town, the sheriff discovers the murder weapon holds the answers he's looking for, until it disappears in front of his eyes. Running their own investigation, Wynter's friends unlock Jezebel's secret and use it against her, gaining a much needed advantage.Together once again, Wynter, her dreamwaker boyfriend, her friends, and the sheriff formulate one last plan to connect Jezebel to her crimes, a plan perfect in its simplicity.But evading consequences is Jezebel's specialty... and she has no intention of peaceful surrender.Friends and enemies. Betrayal and revenge. Love triangles... and squares. Take a step back to the 1980s, where the line between dreams and reality blurs, friends become lovers, and the consequences can be deadly.

Two sisters. One wants in. One has a plan. But gang loyalty cuts family ties...Jess works, spends time with friends, and earns good grades in school. But she's also sole provider for her drug-addicted mother... And she hates it.Her sister Nova holds a high-profile position in the Dynamite Queens. Within her turf Nova enjoys fame, fortune, freedom, and respect - at a cost of family life.But Jess wants what Nova has and is willing to do anything to get it. After one explosive argument, Jess joins a rival gang, a decision that leads her down a path of brutal consequences.South Central L. A. erupts with violence as two gangs - two sisters - wage war on each other. For the winner, victory could be unforgiving...Note: This novel contains strong language and gang violence.

A forbidden treasure awakens a centuries-old curse. An unexpected tropical threat. An ally hiding in plain sight.To celebrate Bradley's high school graduation, O'Connor takes the Detest-A-Pest crew to Club Niho'gula on the remote and beautiful Hawaiian island of Lanai. But trouble tends to follow O'Connor everywhere she goes...Strange creatures attack guests in broad daylight. The locals blame the attacks on the Legend of Pepehi Waapa - the boat killer. Someone or some thing has unleashed the curse behind it. Ignoring all warnings, O'Connor vows to find the culprit at any cost. But unseen by most, a clue lies just below the surface.When Sam disappears without a trace, it becomes clear that something larger - more nefarious - is at work. The Detest-A-Pest crew and their new Hawaiian friends realize that they must work together - and fast - if they want any chance of finding Sam alive. Because the evil forces at work could easily send them all to watery graves...

A forbidden treasure awakens a centuries-old curse. An unexpected tropical threat. An ally hiding in plain sight.To celebrate Bradley's high school graduation, O'Connor takes the Detest-A-Pest crew to Club Niho'gula on the remote and beautiful Hawaiian island of Lanai. But trouble tends to follow O'Connor everywhere she goes...Strange creatures attack guests in broad daylight. The locals blame the attacks on the Legend of Pepehi Waapa - the boat killer. Someone or some thing has unleashed the curse behind it. Ignoring all warnings, O'Connor vows to find the culprit at any cost. But unseen by most, a clue lies just below the surface.When Sam disappears without a trace, it becomes clear that something larger - more nefarious - is at work. The Detest-A-Pest crew and their new Hawaiian friends realize that they must work together - and fast - if they want any chance of finding Sam alive. Because the evil forces at work could easily send them all to watery graves...

Bradley didn't think he feared spiders.Until he discovered a new species bigger than a dozen burritos. As it turns out, size matters.After battling rats in New York with his father, Bradley returns to the San Fernando Valley ready to face his senior year with renewed confidence.But fate has a way of getting in the way of grand teenage plans, especially when eight legs are involved instead of four.And these aren't your everyday, typical spiders. Their newly acquired taste for raw meat has them casting a wide net over Bradley's San Fernando suburb. It doesn't take them long to move up the food chain.Add a jealous ex-girlfriend into the mix and things get downright sticky.Detest-A-Pest can't say no to challenge. Sam and O'Connor seize the opportunity to join Bradley and his inventive friends as they fight an infestation of spiders poised to swallow both their high school and their neighborhood.Continue the adventure with Arachnid 2.0 today, because the best way to encounter massive, venomous spiders is within a page-turning book. Book 2 of the popular Detest-A-Pest series.Get it now.

Dreamwakers are like fire... they burn when they're hot. And some are a living nightmare.By accident, sixteen-year-old Wynter discovers her power to summon dreamwakers - people born from dreams that exist in physical form. Her friends have trouble believing her power exists, until she makes herself a boyfriend.But dreamwakers come with rules and free will... and everyone knows teenagers and rules don't mix. Before Wynter can figure them out, her new boyfriend goes rogue and hooks up with Jezebel, the town psychopath.Every day Wynter and her dreamwaker remain apart chips away more of her life force. Her friends help her wage a battle of brains versus brawn... but Jezebel has the luck of the devil on her side.Navigating between dreams and reality is harder than it looks, and the fight may leave Wynter a prisoner of her own mind.

Controlling a rogue dreamwaker holds an addictive power. But those adrift in a mind-altering limbo can still unleash payback... with a little help from their friends."Find me..."Cash can't ignore Wynter's last words before her mind trapped her between dreams and reality. He would do anything for Wynter but finding her means finding her dreamwaker boyfriend. Cash must balance jealousy and loyalty or risk fracturing a lifelong friendship.Jezebel continues her reign of terror, with Wynter's dreamwaker boyfriend enslaved at her side. After realizing his error, the dreamwaker makes amends with Cash and Wynter's friends, and forms a plan to reunite with Wynter.In retaliation, Jezebel targets Wynter's family with an act of extreme revenge that devastates the neighborhood.While the town sheriff builds his case against Jezebel, Cash picks up the pieces left by Jezebel's fury and sets into motion the plan to find Wynter and reunite her with her dreamwaker. But no plan is perfect, especially when Jezebel doesn't get what she wants.