Going through my pictures, I went to the one that I had just taken, and the phone slowly slipped out of my grasp. What had escaped my notice before is that the couch I had taken the picture on was against a window, which showed the backyard of the house. But in this picture, it wasn't an empty backyard. No, behind my smiling face was another one, outside the window. It was his face. Covered with a black ski mask, watching me. *** All 19-year-old Layna wanted to do was forget about the guy that broke her heart, and move on with her new boyfriend Brian. But instead, she unwittingly attracted the attention of a stalker. Someone who had been watching her every move for a month, plotting and planning for the perfect moment when he could take her. What Layna never would have expected was that when he finally kidnaps her, she would have to undergo "The Test". The Test that the girls before her had gone through. The one they failed, and payed heavily for. Will she pass The Test or will she die like the others?

Lewis Champion is in love--total, hopeless, unrequited love--with Jubilee Marshfield. Which is complicated, because she's his best friend. And even though his other best friend Shoe, and his awesome grandfather, Paps, are both rooting for him, Lewis can't get up the courage to tell her how he feels. He's always been a wallflower, watching people and making theories rather than acting on his feelings. In a last-ditch effort for her affection, Lewis acts in a play alongside his two friends, and he discovers a talent hidden within himself. But when Paps suddenly dies and leaves in his will a most mysterious task for Lewis, he must find a way to follow through. And along the way, he discovers the secrets of stories, the courage to say what he feels, and a whole new meaning to the word "acting." The only question is, will his best friend feel the same way, or will he lose her when he tells her? Baker Lawley, the award-winning author of THE BATTLE HYMN BLUES, spins a tale of love, drama, and friendship and a good old-fashioned road trip along the way. STEALING THE SHOW is a fun ride on the meaning of acting and the way stories and plays help us make sense of the things we act on.

2nd BOOK TO THE SHADES OF RED SERIES: Alex has new desicions to make. With finding out the royalty vampires and the whole kingdom were just a mere illusion of a dream, she has found herself once again, confused. She finds herself falling head over heels for someone else and Drake is dead or so she thought. She becomes cursed with many deaths in her hands and her fate becomes obvious to her and the people around her. But she was never one to follow the rules. When all seems to go right, her life takes an unexpected turn to the left. Will she ever fully understand what her doom will be? Or will she remain oblivious to the problems around her? Will she ever be able remember what happened before the evil Tebi wiped her mind clean? And what really happened to her family? Journy into the mind of the young Alexandria Kane as she faces things that could and will change her life for the worse or for the better as she begins to not be able to differ between what's right and what's wrong.

Damien is a shy boy and hopelessly in love with a boy named Sam Morrison. The all around cool guy at school. Damien wants to make him his but one he doesn't have the courage, and two he doesn't have the time. Damien has a heart condition that is untreatable until you get to the final stage, which is getting a new heart. Even so will they find a match for Damien Peters?

Liza has always been shy, afraid of being noticed. As a new school year starts though, she is forced to face unanswered questions. Why did all her friends move so suddenly? Who are all these people who seem to have taken over her school? And what are these rumors about wolves being spotted in the woods about... A story of love and secrets - and how to be brave in the face of love.