Thirteen soon-to-be high school seniors thought found out what a summer could bring. They haven't seen anything yet, literally. As the fourteenth day dawns upon the island, the Islanders discover that another four people have gone missing. Who has taken them, and where could they be? Will the Islanders escape the island, or does a "certain someone" have a trick up their sleeve? How will the Islanders reestablish their government? How will they find Adin? Find out all of this in the sequel to "The Island," "THE ISLAND 2: DIE FOR."

A tragic event leaves 17 year old Charlene Bennet a mute. She refuses to speak a word and only replies with a nod or by writing on a notepad. On a graduation trip around Europe her best friend Ivy Osmen gets her to go up to a karaoke machine in a mall and sing. Little did she know there was someone in the crowd very interested in her voice. Follow Charlene and Ivy on their adventure around Europe as they live their last summer out before college. Who will they meet and maybe fall for?

You never know what a summer can bring. A remote island lake cabin in Minnesota beckons thirteen so-called friends for two weeks for the time of their lives. Without any adults to tell them what to do, no access to the outside world, and a whole cabin to hang out in, it seems like the perfect get-away. This extravaganza is being hosted by none other than Adin, the starting Quarterback for the high-school football team. He thinks nothing could go bad; little does he know what he's in for. What could become of it? Betrayal? Blackmail? Sex? Murder? That's for you to find out.

Emma Belle lives with her alcoholic father in a small trailer in Virginia. She plays the violin, and finds solace only in her mothers quilt and in her music. Emma's mother passed away when she was eight years old, and Emma, or her father, haven't been the same since her mother's passing. Emma's mother always told her she could beat this world. Her and Emma. Just the two of them. But how could Emma possibly beat a world with an alcoholic father, a dead mother, no friends, and just her mothers quilt and a violin? Rhododendron and Pumpkin Spice is a story of solace in music. Finding the courage inside of you to beat anything that comes in your way. That you have to be brave when nobody else is brave for you, and to remember that you're never alone even when you think your world, is crashing down. 2013 Copyright © All rights to Jill Jacobson author of Rhododendron and Pumpkin Spice.