Karen and Zipporah are best friends, sharing everything, including a clever scheme when Karen's stepfather begins molesting her, but things get out of hand when Karen disappears on the eve of her stepfather's murder.

In the sequel to Secrets in the Attic , Alice, whose mother is a murderer confined to a mental institution, is sent to live with her aunt Zipporah following a tragic accident on prom night, but when she visits the asylum where her mother lives, her own mysterious past begins to unfold in terrifying detail

Since her mother was institutionalized, sixteen-year-old Celeste has been in and out of orphanages. Celeste is overjoyed when Wade and Ami Emerson adopt her. But when she discovers Ami's real reason for adopting her - a reason that involves a sexual tryst with Ami's father-in-law - Celeste is terrified.

"Star hides her pain, like the other girls in the therapy group that's supposed to help them. ... Today ... Star will tell her story to Doctor Marlowe and the others, and she will finally face the dark nightmares of her past."

"Caroline Brady is the daughter of a very conservative TSA agent and former military brat, Morgan Brady. Her mother Linsey Brady is a descendent of the Sutherland real estate family. Their organized, suburban life in Colonie, NY is rigorously regulated and leaves little room for deviation from the norm. When Linsey, Morgan, and Caroline attend the wake of their neighbor Mr. Gleeson, they meet his charming daughter Natalie "Nattie" Gleeson, who works...