Robbie Whitcomb, 5 ans, est enlevé sous les yeux de sa mère. Commencent sept années d'horreur pour le petit garçon, rebaptisé Gideon par son ravisseur, Daddy Love. Celui-ci n'est autre que Chet Cash, pasteur itinérant, populaire et séducteur, vendeur d'objets en macramé fabriqués par sa victime. Après son arrestation, Robbie retrouve sa famille mais le retour à la normalité n'est qu'apparence.
In a string of twelve short stories, the author visits the sometimes dark psyche of the teenage years, exploring the consequences of choices that are made. In "The Sky Blue Ball", a high-school girl is confronted by a haunting memory of childhood. In "Capricorn", a jealous teen lets her cousin go off alone with a dangerous person, aware of the terrifying possibilities.
Darren Flynn, high school student and star swimmer, is incredibly good-looking with a perfect life, until 'the thing' happens - 'the thing' with Mr. Tracy, his English teacher. 'The thing' was how Darren would think of it afterwards, but did it happen at all? As everything and everyone around him changes, and Darren feels he can trust no one, he searches for his identity, finding answers in the most unexpected places.
Thirty-one-year-old reporter Nikki, the black sheep of the Eaton family who rejects their middle class lifestyle, is uncharacteristically affected when her widowed mother is murdered. During the following year Nikki reassesses her life and slowly adopts many of the values of her parents and older sister.
Haunted by the car crash that killed her beloved mother, Jenna, 15, moves in with her aunt's family, but she can't deal with her guilt and sorrow. Therapy doesn't help, she won't reconcile with her dad, and she hates kids who pity her. Two near-disasters cause Jenna to tentatively open up to her classmate Crow. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language.
In a string of twelve short stories, the author visits the sometimes dark psyche of the teenage years, exploring the consequences of choices that are made. In "The Sky Blue Ball", a high-school girl is confronted by a haunting memory of childhood. In "Capricorn", a jealous teen lets her cousin go off alone with a dangerous person, aware of the terrifying possibilities.
