Grace is feeling rootless and a little vulnerable as she starts a new school in yet another new country. Small, emotional and young for her age, it doesn't help when on Day 1 a pushy older boy is after her - and not just because she's pretty. He seems to think she might know about 'some weird animals that have arrived'. From space?? Just because her mum is a rocket scientist...
If you've read 'The Lost Child' this will make more sense, since it's Robin's story, from her point of view of being found by Charlie on the lake's rock bank two days after the boat crash. It will make sense if read first, however. Enjoy, please.
Stacy and her little brother Lee had always been close, probably closer than most siblings. She noticed him going through puberty but it was only an accidental wardrobe malfunction that started her viewing him in a totally new light.
Valerie was confused. She had a lot of problems with her own body image and blamed them on her husband and kids. She decided to run away with her first love, the rock star Screaming Steve, and leave all of her problems behind her.
An unfaithful wife led him into the suicide mission. Only he survived and ended a war and became a hero. All he wanted was to be left alone but when the young empress wants him it brings him back to life. When the assassins come for her he is the one that has to fight for both their lives.
My parents had been royal guards and died protecting the empress. She sent me to a place my parents had made plans for. It was isolated and the teachers were all former soldiers. When the men came seeking the empress's son they found me. Their mistake cost them but it gave me a place to start looking for my parents killers.
After confessing that she has a rape fantasy, Mary challenges her boyfriend to a high-stakes game of hide and seek. She hides, and if he finds her...he gets to rape her.