Wendy Heard

"Summer and Leo would do anything for each other. Inspired by the way each has had to carve her place in a hostile and unforgiving world, and united by the call of the open road, they travel around sunny California in Summer's tricked-out Land Cruiser. It's not a glamorous life, but it gives them the freedom they crave--from family, expectations, and the painful pasts they've left behind. But even free spirits have bills to pay. Luckily, Summer is...

"Jazz and Joaquin's foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens thirteen-year-old Joaquin's life. Over and over, child services fails to intervene, and Joaquin is running out of time. Then Jazz gets a blocked call from someone offering a solution. There are others like her-- people the law has failed. They've formed an underground network of "helpers," each...

"Sean Suh is done with killing. After serving three years in a psychiatric prison, he's determined to stay away from temptation. But he can't resist Annabelle-- he witnessed her being taken firsthand-- but the police are convinced that Sean himself is at the center of this crime. And he must admit, his illness has caused him to zlose timey before. What if there's more to what happened than he's able to remember? Though haunted by the fear that it...