She was a modern-day Shirley Temple, but at the age of nine Drew Barrymore was drinking alcohol. At ten she took up marijuana, and by twelve she began snorting cocaine. Here is her gripping, heart-wrenching story--a story of a childhood gone awry and a young woman battling to restore order to her chaotic life.

Courtesan Johnnie Wise must pay for her past indiscretions when the police believe that she is involved in several murders and the theft of two hundred fifty thousand dollars.

"The more we felt the Germans' heavy boots in our lives, the more I knew I had to leave . . . but I was scared. Where was I going to go? What would I live on?"

Shedding painful light on a brutal crime, the author explores the neglectful and abusive circumstances that brought young Shirley Katherine Wolf and Cindy Lee Collier to the edge and resulted in their stabbing murder of eighty-five-year-old Anna Brackett. Reissue.

It is a cold night and Sylvie Dugdale is weeping as she walks by the Mersey. A figure approaches and, dodging aside to avoid him, she falls into the river. Constable Brendan O'Hara, just coming off duty, sees the girl's plight and dives in to rescue her. He is dazzled by her beauty but Sylvie's husband is in prison and the closeness that Brendan soon longs for is impossible. Sylvie has to escape from Liverpool, so Brendan arranges for her to stay with his cousin Caitlin in Dublin until it is safe to return. There she meets Maeve, a crippled girl from the slums, who will change all their lives when a little girl is lost ...

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Sloane Monroe novels comes a gripping new series about love, loss, murder, and a broken former detective who's about to be drawn out of hiding. For the past two years, Georgiana "Gigi" Germaine has been living off the grid, until today, when she hears some disturbing news that shakes her. Georgiana's brother-in-law has been murdered, her seven-year-old niece kidnapped. As the hours waste away, Georgiana races back to a town she left behind, and a former life she's still not ready to face. Readers are saying: “This was a great start to a series that I can't wait to get more of.” Cindy O “Grab this book for hours of engrossed reading. You won't regret it.” Connie Correll “A well plotted story that has a couple surprises/twists.” Marsha Jo, Vine Voice “I am completely intrigued by this new character and cannot wait for book two.” Sharon B “I was completely immersed in the story and read it straight through.” Leah Hines “I'm salivating for the second book already!” Sandra

Johnnie Wise is acquitted of murding Sharon Trudeau, but her problems with her boyfriend Lucas Matthews continue. Will Johnnie be able to escape her life as a kept woman and rebuild her fortune the honest way?

An intimate portrait of America's foster-care system is told through the experiences of a foster parent and an emotionally abandoned girl who, ensconced with the author's biological, adopted, and foster children, began to thrive in her new family environment. 20,000 first printing.

Boy, is Mick Campbell infuriating! The police detective is only doinghis job, looking into the death of the private investigator my sisterhad hired to find our presumed-dead mother (it's been a very eventfulmonth!), but does he really believe a member of my family is akiller? I've been planning to spend time with Mick to keep tabs onthe investigation, but lately I've been wondering, am I drawn to himbecause he's a single dad or because his faith is strong under fire?