Teen Reads

A dead body on the beach and no suspects. Not the way a sleuth should start her day. Hi, I’m Glinda Goodall, part-time waitress and part-time sleuth. Oh yeah, I’m a witch with a talking pink iguana who thinks he’s a detective. A few weeks ago, my seventeen-year-old cousin moved in with me (long story). Her passion? Taking photos. She’s a witch too, but she refuses to acknowledge it—until she starts to hear voices in her head. When the dead man turns out to be her photo teacher, I have to help her find out who killed him. This obsession to learn his identity forces Rihanna to ...

Like all 17-year-olds, Molly Porter had never heard of the Filicide Program. She learned its name the day her parents tried to murder her. On that day, every parent in her secluded, North Carolina beach town conspired to kill their own children, and many of Molly’s friends did not survive the night. But what is the Filicide Program? How could an entire community of loving mothers and fathers turn on their own in a day? And why? These questions will haunt Molly as she scrambles to keep her two younger brothers—and herself—safe from the two people she thought would always be on her side...

What happens to a delightfully sexy cuckcake when she grows up and gets married? Can she really leave that life behind? Can she become... a cuckquean? When Maisie Maxwell was young, she was an infamous cuckcake to the rich and famous. Then she met Corbin who swept her off her feet and didn't care one bit about her past. Maisie and Corbin have been married for years, enjoying their time alone together. Then when the girl next door catches their attention, Maisie's old impulses start to creep in. Sophie James is young, hot, and somehow wealthy enough to buy a house next door to the Maxwells. ...

This is the story of the O'Neill family from Lawrence, Kansas. Jim, a 45 year- old man with two children; Jay, 13 and Adrianna 11. The kids are out of school for summer vacation. They are setting out by car to find the ancestral home of Jim's grandfather, who lived in Sterling, Illinois. A diary which was found in Jim's grandfather's house in Lawrence, revealed that there was a treasure to be found on the property of the Sterling homestead. The treasure can be found by solving riddles and clues. Jim's wife died in a terrible car crash a year and a half ago. One month before the accident, ...

MaryEllen is slowly recovering from her humiliating experience at the Valentine's Day dance when her dress tore apart and slid down her legs. A month has passed, and spring has arrived in Sacramento. Easter is around the corner and MaryEllen is finally feeling like herself once again. She had just finished her Saturday chores and was ready to settle on the sofa with a book when there was a knock on the door. She smoothed her hair and walked happily to see who it was. When she opened the door, she gasped when she saw the one person, she hoped she wouldn't ever have to see again. There, stood...

I woke up dead. No, not “late for school” dead — actual, shambling, slightly decomposed zombie dead. Suddenly, surviving high school isn’t just about passing tests or dodging drama; it’s about hiding my missing limbs, keeping my crush from catching whiff (literally), and avoiding a government agent with a serious bone to pick. Welcome to Sunnyridge High, where lunch trays fly, friendships get... complicated, and the undead kid is trying not to lose his head —or his heart. If you like: snarky undead heroes, slow-burn romance, teen angst, and apocalypse humor — you’ll love ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. These are my latest stories The creepers include: SCARY NIGHTS: A serial killer goes to an amusement park and kills people for the fun of it. WHO'S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY GRAVE: A son visiting gravesites purchased years ago for his father, mother, and himself discovers a stranger buried in his plot. BOGEYMAN: Ben's elation from moving to a new state is shortlived when he discovers the bogeyman has followed him and is still sleeping under his bed. KILL THE NEXT PERSON YOU MEET: Charles puts a ...

Kendra Stevensen was in her late 20's and was still single. A new salesman, Martin Bateman, came to work at her office and the manager informed her he was in his early 30's and was single. Just looking at him, made her heart race. She never considered herself shy or ever being at a loss for words; however, when Martin would appear at her desk requiring her attention, she could barely talk or function normally around him! How was she going to make a great impression mumbling like a fool? Kendra's dreams were shattered when a drop-dead gorgeous girl appeared at the office one day announcing ...

Maci Jane Fielding was in her second year of college and still hadn't decided what she wanted to do with her life. She had grown into a beautiful young woman now; however, in high school she was often teased about being a nerd. She would never forget the cruel and hurtful teasing she had received from a group of popular football players with Miles Tanner heading up the tormenting. She couldn't help her shyness and awkwardness and remembered stumbling all over her words when trying to talk to the handsome football player. Now the situation was in her control. She was volunteering as a candy ...

The Christmas holidays are over and it's the first Monday morning back to work. Everyone around seems tired and depressed about this fact...everyone except her, Pauline Barton. She is truly an extraordinary sort of girl. It's rare to ever see her without a smile on her face. She works in the drive-up pharmacy window of the Cedar City hospital and loves greeting the customers as they drive through to pick up their prescriptions. She has many reasons not to smile due to the fact that she had to drop out of college in order to help with her family's finances when her father became disabled due...

It had been an interesting nine months with morning sickness, cravings of all kinds for different foods, and finally the long-awaited time for the precious baby to arrive. Joy can't wait to become a mother...and Hildie is just as excited to become a grandmother, experiencing all of the excitement along with her dear daughter. Hester and Hildie have become the best of friends and while they share the excitement of becoming grandmothers, their daughters are sharing the ups an downs of experiencing their first pregnancies. Life is moving right along for the men in their lives with their ...

Penelope is a busy young woman in her late twenties who runs a business selling Christmas poinsettias. Each Christmas season there is a large demand for them, and she quickly discovers she's beginning to drown in orders. Her lifelong friend, Cathy, stops by her shop and offers to help, while worrying that Penelope will become an old maid if she doesn't make the time to find a husband. Penelope happily agrees to accept Cathy's help. Penelope lives close to her business and likes to walk to and from work during the wintertime in order to avoid the slippery icy roads. On her way home one ...

Rorke Burgess returns to his homeland, Nemthia, seven years after the end of a civil war in which the old regime lost. The throne is now occupied by Prince Maren, who overthrew his father, King Broman, with the aid of a mysterious sorcerer known as the Necromancer. When the Necromancer raised the dead and made them fight again, Rorke fled the battlefield, abandoning his country and his family. With such sorcery at their command, Maren and the Necromancer easily defeated King Broman, including his famed and feared Fifth Legion, also known as Broman's Blades. The Blades were warriors, but ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: ALONE: Laura keeps hearing weird noises in her house while her husband is on a business trip. FOREVER YOUNG: An elderly multibillionaire will pay five hundred million to be young again, but he also needs a young female to sacrifice to an island of cannibals. LOVE ON THE ROCKS: After twenty years of marriage, Louise can't stand the sight of him and wants a divorse. His temper is boiling over. Is there another man? THE ALIEN: Marge just found out her boyfriend isn't ...

It's all here! Everything you need to go to Heaven, your true home. Read this book and discover for yourself the four key steps followed by everyone that we now know is in Heaven, people like St. Peter, St. Paul, the seers of Fatima, Padre Pio, and others. To follow in their footsteps and go to Heaven ourselves, all you have to do is model your life on theirs. In other words, by doing what they did and not doing what they didn't do, you can virtually guarantee yourself of going to Heaven. If you've ever wished you had a map or a system that would lead you straight to Heaven, now you do! ...

Weddings can make a girl a little crazy… Which is probably why Marcee Robbens found herself in the arms of a sexy stranger before the bouquet was even tossed at her best friend’s wedding. And after a night of hot caresses and knee-weakening kisses in handsome Sam McKelvey’s arms, even happily single Marcee is humming the wedding march. So when the sun comes up and Sam hits the road, the usually tough-as-nails beauty finds herself nursing a tender heart… Sam’s not the kind of guy who would have a super-hot hook-up with a woman he barely knows. But something about Marcee had him ...

Fitted with a bionic tail and prosthetic feet, our shapeshifting dolphin Misty must choose between a life on land with her billionaire lover and remaining in the ocean as a dolphin. While visiting her family on Kaua'i, Misty encounters the shark that bit off her tail. Following this deadly encounter, Misty makes a choice that changes her life forever.

Valerie Kingsley is devoted and dominant cuckquean for her husband Professor John Kingsley. Every fall semester Valerie seduces a freshman girl from his class to be his latest cuckcake. They have one rule: no sorority girls. Discretion is everything in the cuckquean lifestyle, and sorority girls talk too much! Valerie finds the perfect cuckcake in Avery Darling. The mousy, blonde humanities student clearly doesn't know how beautiful she really is! Valerie knows that seducing Avery will take but one afternoon. After a sensual visit to John's office hours, Avery is eager to visit Valerie and ...

What readers are saying... "I love how she integrates God into every facet of peoples lives. Sharon writes about listening to God's small voice & the doing what He says. She also makes it very human." Amazon reviewer Needed: One Christmas miracle When Jillian Rishi shared the news of her pregnancy with her boyfriend, Wesley Price, he left the country. Unable to stay away from the woman he loves, he returned five months later to reclaim Jillian and their unborn daughter. Now they’re on the run, hiding from the dishonest lawyer who’s determined to take their baby. And hope is running out...

A collection of horror/thriller stories for readers who would enjoy a stroll through a graveyard after midnight. Hark! Don’t read this book if a deranged maniac has escaped from the local asylum. Otherwise, enjoy the horror! The creepers include:THE MOTHER KILLER: Rachel's baby doesn't want to be born as long as she is alive, and so far, it's having its way. LILY SHOULD BE SCARED: The monster under her bed doesn't understand why everything he's done to scare the little girl has failed miserably. THE WORLD OF MIRRORS: When the serial killer awoke, everything seemed the same, but alas, the ...