Life was precious. People used to say things like that all the time, but none of them realized how true that saying would turn out to be. Life was precious, indeed. Each person in the room had lost someone or everyone...Her life was simply about getting through each awful day of high school without being bullied or picked on. Jane Livingston had a full life, just not one that included friends, boyfriends, school clubs, sports, dating, or anything else the typical teenager experienced. She kept her head down, avoided people, tried to make it out of the war zone (the high school hallways) without any new battle scars.His life was status, cute girls, cool cars and being the guy everyone else wanted to be at his high school. But there was more to Roman Lockwood than met the eye. He led a miserable existence until he realized the shy, picked-on poor girl he'd known for four years was a lot more than she appeared to be at first glance. There was more to Jane Livingston...

As the McClane saga continues, the family realizes that someone in their trusted, inner circle may just be the person who has leaked precious information about them, Fort Knox, and their community allies to the men who were running the highwaymen and ultimately to whoever they were reporting. It becomes a quest for vengeance, a vengeance of the innocent people murdered for months on end by the highwaymen. Will time run out before they can stop the damage being done to their family and allies or will they sniff out the traitors in time to finally end it?And while the manhunt continues, Simon, who has finally reconciled his feelings for Sam, must find a way to win her over after the pain he has caused her fragile heart for rejecting her. However, it proves more difficult than he anticipates as she has made a promise to herself to close Simon out of her life forever. Little does she know, Simon has finally come into his own and is up for the challenge.When the story...

Life was precious. People used to say things like that all the time, but none of them realized how true that saying would turn out to be. Life was precious, indeed. Each person in the room had lost someone or everyone...Avery Andersson led a charmed life, even if she had seven siblings, still lived at home, had no love life (or much of a life at all), and was a homeschool kid growing up. She loved her simple life, though, and her parents, who were as devoted to their children as they were each other. As she bears witness to some strange occurrences all happening within the span of a few weeks, Avery begins to question everything she knew and how it was all changing so quickly. Meeting a dark and brooding soldier who saves her life only adds to the confusion she is spiraling into.The sexy-cute blonde from the bar, the same one he'd saved from possibly being murdered by some random creep, was a homeschooled nerd from a family full of odd siblings and equally strange...

Life was precious. People used to say things like that all the time, but none of them realized how true that saying would turn out to be. Life was precious, indeed. Each person in the room had lost someone or everyone...Wren Foster was a girl with a lot of secrets. Unable to make friends and having to move to a new city every few months made her an outcast in high school by default. However, she never questioned the motives and instructions of her uncle when they had to move because what he did, he did for her.Securing that football scholarship to Ohio State was the only thing on star quarterback Elijah Brannon's mind until he met the allusive new girl in school, who was strange and enigmatic, yet also distant and unfriendly with a menacing attitude to match her heavy black eyeliner.One traumatic event after the other throws them together as his world falls apart, her secrets are revealed, and they are left riding out a worldwide apocalyptic event in the...

With Gingerbread still on the lam, Detective Lorena Evans takes her niece to Florida for a much-needed vacation and a break from their hectic lives in Cleveland. However, their sunshine and beach time is interrupted by a desperate plea for help from the F.B.I. on a case not one agent has been able to crack. She and her partner, Detective Jack Foster, are sent to Portland, Oregon, to consult on a serial killer case involving eleven known victims and a madman who likes to call himself Trix.This killer intertwines memories of his disturbing youth with a very personal and in depth look into Lorena's own hidden history, one she'd rather forget, and one into which he'd like to delve deeper. She works so hard to forget the darkness that dwells there, but Trix becomes fixated on her and won't stop until he makes Lorena a part of his perfect collection.When Jack's past also rises up to meet them with blunt force, he becomes even more personally involved in the case and must face tough...

As the saga continues, the McClane family must deal with the highwaymen for good, but despite their well-planned strategies and meetings, they find that time and again the group is one step ahead of them and will not be so easily defeated. As the conflict between Cory and his best friend lingers, he tries to find a way to help Simon learn to forgive him and bring peace to the farm again.