Misunderstood and overmedicated, twelve-year-old Lilith Bloom finds the prospect of a grand family reunion decidedly dull... That is, until she discovers that the rose garden surrounding her grandfather's Berlin mansion is, well, completely and utterly carnivorous. Armed with Panther, her talking pet whippet, and the help of the mute boy next door, Lilith must unravel the secrets behind the mysterious estate, all while her family remains gloriously unaware that they are about to be devoured.

Book one of the girls of Faith series. Aubri is a teen girl living in the "ghetto" part of an Arizona city. Luckily she gets bussed to the richer part of town to go to school, but Shes been labelled a long with all the mexicans that go to school as poor gang bangers who only cause trouble. Aubri hates the label and doesn't understand that just because he parents are immigrants, doesn't make her any different. God made all people equal right? Aubri never gets a break with the racial slurs and the assumptions, until a guy, seems to be oblivious to what everyone else says about her and her friends. He just sees the person she is on the inside.