Most people think The Zone is an amusement park, but Candy Thompson
knows it's really a slave labor camp. What else would you call a summer
job that requires a sixteen-year-old girl to set aside her whole social
life for the privilege of standing out in the hot sun selling cotton
candy? Still, there are perks---particularly the mysterious hunk in the
Lone Ranger costume. Behind that mask are the most amazing eyes Candy
has ever seen. Who is that masked man? But someone else is just as
interested. And romantic competition isn't the only problem. Besides
being hard work, The Zone is eating up major time. How is Candy supposed
to stay involved in church? Worse yet, will she lose her best friend,
Tamara, who resents how Candy's job limits their time together? This is
NOT the summer Candy hoped for! But as she is about to discover, the
summer of cotton candy will be the greatest summer of her life. Views: 70
A long-buried family secret and a chance encounter with an estranged sibling force police detective Jimmy Vega to confront his deepest fears in this gripping new mystery by award-winning author Suzanne Chazin . . . It's spring in Lake Holly, New York, a time of hope and renewal. But not for immigrants in this picturesque upstate town. Raids and deportations are on the rise, spurring fear throughout the community. Tensions reach the boiling point when the district attorney's beautiful young bride is found hanging in her flooded basement, an apparent victim of suicide. But is she, wonders Vega? If so, where is her undocumented immigrant maid? Is she a missing witness, afraid to come forward? Or an accessory to murder? Vega gets more help than he bargained for when Immigration and Customs Enforcement sends an investigator to help find—and likely deport—the maid. It's Vega's half-sister Michelle, the child who caused his father to... Views: 70
There was only one reason Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan was prepared to let her boyfriend help out with the investigation into a car sales fraud — nothing bad could happen. But by now Kate should know that with Richard you have to expect the unexpected. With the unexpected being Richard behind bars, Kate seems to be the obvious choice to look after his eight-year-old son — who proves even more troublesome than his father. Kate finds herself dragged into a world of drug traffickers, child pornographers, fraudsters and violent gangland enforcers… bringing her face to face with death in the most terrifying investigation of her career. Views: 70
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**This is part 2/4 of a serialized novel (Chapters 11-21) Part 2: Kennedy High Naomi is adjusting to Kennedy High and making new friends. The other Grims aren't happy with the fact that she is making connections that she shouldn't, but Naomi is drawn into the fun and freedom of being a human teenager. In other news, unwanted guests arrive at Kennedy High who threaten the Grim's assignment. Naomi comes to a place where she has to make that fateful decision: Will she let her friends die or will she go against her Covenant? Approx. 21,000 words Views: 70
