On the run from their abusive father, Michael and his younger brother Dylan hide out in a motel until they can save enough money to start a new life. But Michael has a dark secret, and it's about to catch up with him.

"'If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.' The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances...

In this suspenseful thriller, a journalist who stumbles upon a deadly crime while pursuing the scoop of a lifetime will find her strength and conviction tested in new and frightening ways.
TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Forth Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she ditches her holiday to chase down the story that...

John Gilstrap's pulse-pounding serial together in one book for the first time! A pulse-pounding novel of two young lovers on the ultimate joyride-racing against the clock and against the law . . . SHE'S RUNNING OUT OF TIME Nicki Janssen's days are numbered, but she refuses to accept her fate lying down. Defying her father and doctors, she hits the road with a pocketful of cash, a bus ticket-and a romantic fantasy of riding off with her childhood...

A young runaway bonds with an orphaned horse and is offered shelter by the farmer in exchange for her help with the troubled horse.

Marrying quickly during World War II after falling in love at first sight, a mismatched couple discovers that their different personalities and approaches to life are taking a toll on their relationship and their family.

"Stan Acker is seventeen and runs away from a toxic homelife to live on his own and by his own rules. His own rules consist mostly of couch surfing, squatting at friends' places, drinking 40s, smoking spliffs and avoid work and school for as long as he can ride out being on welfare. Acker is an anti-hero, prone to make quips such as, 'I like doing nothing. It's agreeable to my spirit.'"--back cover.

Convinced he should have died in the accident that killed his parents and sister, sixteen-year-old Drew lives in a hospital, hiding from employees and his past, until Rusty, set on fire for being gay, turns his life around. Includes excerpts from the superhero comic Drew creates.

Local farm boy Jonas and the new girl next door, Casey, embark on a journey that will change their lives forever. When Casey's abusive home life reaches a new level of danger, Jonas takes the lead in their escape by stealing a bag full of drug money from Casey's corrupt father, local cop Wayne Caraway. With the stolen cash as their only means to a better life, Casey flees with Jonas. Under relentless pursuit from her father, they learn the hard truth...

"Alice always thought she'd see her brother again. Rob ran away when he was fifteen, with so many years left to find his way home. But his funeral happened first. Eight years later she has to clear out her childhood home in Georgia, and the memories come flooding in, bringing with them an autopsy report showing her family's lies—and sealed, addressed letters from Rob. In a search for answers to questions she's always been afraid to ask, Alice delivers...