"At least they told me the truth when they told me my parents had died. It was the only thing they were honest about." Towards the end of a cross-country road trip, a tragic car crash killed off Jackson and Margaret Catros, and knocked their young daughter, Scarlet, into a coma. When she wakes up, she is in a hospital in a place she's never heard of, and has been adopted by the Ersatzes, a friendly couple that seem both obsessed with and terrified of her. On the surface, her new life seems perfect: she is told she no longer has to attend school, everyone showers her with attention, and there is always plenty of food. But, as time passes, Scarlet begins asking questions: why is everyone so nice? Why isn't she allowed into the little town right down the road? Why do so many people want to visit her every day? As she searches her memory, she begins to wonder...who are the people who "saved" her?

What happens when you mess with nature? What happens when you offend someone and don't expect consequences? What if your paranoia got the best of you? What if a nightmare was a warning? What if the predator wasn't who you expected? This a collection of stories about strange things, and what happened to the people who ran into them.

"Stranges" are known throughout the world as things to be hated: children who possess amazing powers from birth, and never age a day past fourteen. They are hunted, and taken away to who knows where. Many are never seen again. Raven Ashton always hid the fact that her father was a Strange; what she also hid was what he left her: abilities of telekinesis. She'd gone her whole life without anyone knowing about her abilities, but after her fourteenth birthday, the assistant of a famous scientist notices her, and the odd things that happen when she gets scared. The next day, she's kidnapped. Now Raven is trapped in an underground lab with others who possess Strange abilities, the precious "pets" of a genius billionaire sadist. Is there a way out? Or is she doomed to the fate of other Strange children?

After escaping from police custody, Clover tries to piece his life back together. Determined to return to home and be reunited with his family, he has to first elude the country wide man hunt. Will he be able to resist his old ways in order to remain undetected? After hearing that Colin has escaped, Summer and Becca prepare themselves for the inevitable; Clover is coming back for them. Will the police and their families be enough to protect them? Clover's coming back and he's determined to prove to the girls; 'You'll always be mine'.

For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...

The tale of Vivian Scott's fall from grace.