The Mouse sisters, unable to sleep on a visit to Aunt Lilly's, recite the names of all the people who love them.

The Mouse sisters, unable to sleep on a visit to Aunt Lilly's, recite the names of all the people who love them.

Not Forgotten - Lilly's Story is the debut novel in the Not Forgotten Paranormal Fantasy Series. Lilly Roberts and her father have suffered a great deal of tragedy. Still coping with the loss of her mother, Lilly is struck with the death of her brother in a tragic auto accident. Lilly just wants to grieve, but her brother Tony has other plans for her and begins sending her messages from beyond the grave. Fearing that her father won't believe her, Lilly enlists the aid of the boy next store, Kyle, whose brother Michael also died in the accident on Highway 44. Lilly believes that once her brother's mystery is solved, her life will go back to normal, but when she begins walking between the world of the living and the spirit world, she captures the attention of darker, more diabolical entities who seek to torment and destroy her. Having nowhere else to turn, the once shy teenager must accept the help of a strange blind woman and her son, the leader of a paranormal research team. Lilly and Kyle begin to realize that there is more to the world than what can be seen as we are introduced to a unique cast of characters including; Doris Dean, a once-gifted psychic who was so tormented by the dead that she blinded herself in an attempt to quiet them, her son, Dr. David Dean, head of the Highgate Paranormal Research Society, Thomas Lynch, a young psychic and awkward genius, Jimmy Redbush, a Navajo Shaman and Spiritualist with mystical abilities, and Hathor, a feline spirit guide.

Maddie has never cared much for the stars, her world revolving around normal eight-grade life at Centennial Middle School. Then she befriends an exchange student named Asteria, a girl with glowing white skin. But there are a number of strange things about Asteria. Why does she claim she's never been outside to look at the stars at night? Where is the strange place called 'Rana' she says she comes from? Who is the mysterious 'Clovis Gloober' who acts as her guardian? And why is the dark-eyed boy named Ukrat so determined to ruin Asteria's budding friendship with Maddie? Asteria unexpectedly takes Maddie on a fantastic journey among the stars, a voyage beyond Maddie's wildest dreams. But not long after, Maddie and Asteria are faced with a terrible choice that threatens to destroy them both ...

At the heart of the novel are two of Mary Higgins Clark's most loved characters: Alvirah, the lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and her husband, Willy, who are caught up in a Christmas mystery that calls on all of their skills and experience. Willy has been looking forward to playing Santa at the after-school centre recently set up to care for the children of working parents on New York's Upper West Side, and Alvirah has been busy with rehearsals for the Christmas pageant. But suddenly a shadow falls upon the Christmas cheer. The centre is threatened with closure, a substitute promised for the play is mysteriously withdrawn, a valuable chalice is stolen from a neighborhood church, and a desperate young woman turns up, begging for Alvirah's help in finding the baby she abandoned seven years earlier. In a final blow, the young girl who is to play Mary in the Christmas pageant disappears... A missing child. A stolen chalice. A desperate mother. Can Alvirah reach the truth in time for Christmas?

Nine-year-old Lilly, often left alone by her unfavorable parents, climbs the steps of the church bus and immediately finds a place in the hearts of Jeff and Jenny Singleton and Peter, the bus helper. She fondly calls him 'Petah' and becomes his shadow. Their friendship deepens over the next several years. When Lilly's mother whisks her and her sisters away in the middle of the night, Lilly fears she will never see Peter, Jeff, or Jenny again. That fear is soon realized when her mother forbids her from ever contacting anyone from their small Tennessee town again. Lilly's sudden disappearance breaks not only her heart, but the hearts of her church-bus friends as well. Five years later, desiring to overcome her family's less-than-reputable history, Lilly finds work as a waitress and enrolls at the local community college. She is more than shocked when she walks into her English class and discovers that Peter is the professor. He is just as surprised to see her. The two have lunch and resume their relationship right where they left off five years earlier. After spending much time together outside of class, Lilly and Peter realize their feelings for each other now run deeper than mere friendship. But Peter's girlfriend and the fact that he is her professor make beginning a romantic relationship difficult. Jump on and take The Bus Ride with Peter and Lilly. Their captivating journey is sweet but not without its struggles.

Born in Dublin into the Anglo-Irish gentry, Anna Maria Hall moved to London when she was fifteen where she became famous for her books, plays and travel writing. It was her book, Sketches of Irish Character (1829) which made her a household name. This modern critical edition is based on Hall's third, revised edition of 1844.